ke_ivan, the article is fine, there's nothing wrong with it. The story wouldn't be picked up if it was just about Kelly going to GSL -- but criticism about the accent is, considering how the Singapore government is pushing for 'better english' campaigns. This is probably the main reason why the story was able to get there in the first place.
I think people shouldn't look at this article so negatively. What I get out of it is:
1) sg girl has accent
2) sg girl gets flamed
3) sg girl gets a prestigious job despite the accent
4) sg and sg girl still wins
No offense, but no need to go all out white knight to the writer for writing such an article.
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