Who said YOG will not be a success?

[Taishi Ci]

Desperate or what?

Schools get 80k YOG tickets
Students given opportunity to support athletes, enjoy spirit of sports competition

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All schools will be allotted tickets and, as far as possible, be matched to watch the preliminary competitions that involve their twinned National Olympic Committees (NOC). -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE YOUTH OLYMPICS ORGANISING COMMITTEE

STUDENTS in Singapore will be out in full force when the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) hits town in August. The Education Ministry (MOE) is buying 80,000, or a quarter of the available tickets, for students from primary schools to junior colleges to watch both preliminary and final competitions during the Aug 14 - 26 event. The ministry declined to say how much money would be spent on the tickets or whether there had been any concessions given.

Read the full exclusive story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
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[Lord Imperious]

Still early my friend. Tickets sold does not necessary mean full attendance at the games. Just watch and see if the place is empty when the time comes.

 

[cooleo]

Like giving away free concerts to ensure a sold out misconception. That was something that Auntie Fann did when she did her concert. It was a joke man. So many free concert tickets floating around!