YOG Kenna FUCKED BY FT For Using "PRIMARY SCHOOL STANDARD" Venues

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

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in another blow to the pride of the embattled PAP, a YOG Ambassador from Slovakia had lashed out at Singapore for having “school standard” venues for the YOG:
Ms. Danka Bartekova is one of the 30 selected YOG Ambassadors from Slovakia; her job like any other ambassadors are to promote YOG.
When interviewed by Slovak media, she said:
“I’ve heard that some of the athletic fields in Singapore are no better than the standard school facilities, nothing special. Maybe Slovakia does have the potential to organise YOG, but I cannot imagine that our country would be able to accommodate the thousands of athletes and officials that would come to the games. That would require huge investments by any host country.”
She also pour scorn on Singapore spending its way to beat Moscow in organizing the inaugural YOG.
“Singapore knows that they cannot organise and hold a “Big” Olympics, so they invested a lot of money to hold a “small” Olympics instead,” she added.
Her unusual outburst against the YOG is likely to exert pressure on the PAP which is facing a massive public backlash over the YOG exceeding its initial budget by more than two times to a whooping $387 million dollars.
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He claimed that the venues in Singapore used for the YOG have all been inspected by the International Olympic Committee whose members have expressed “confidence” in the facilities.
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[ahleebabasingaporethief]

What do you expect when you get a young shit-stirrer Chee Bye Kia to organise? Perhaps, his hidden agenda is to make his boss look bad.

Already plenty of examples from the SAA saga where the SCUMS forced their way in.
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[kingrant]

This is the best!

“Singapore knows that they cannot organise and hold a “Big” Olympics, so they invested a lot of money to hold a “small” Olympics instead,”

 

[Rogue Trader]

Aren't we supposed to have this?

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

This is the best!

“Singapore knows that they cannot organise and hold a “Big” Olympics, so they invested a lot of money to hold a “small” Olympics instead,”

Why cannot? We have the "best" brains in office and the "HIGHEST" paid "organisers" what.

THIS YOG WAS TAKEN NOT FOR SPORTS BUT FOR POLITICS.

THE SCUMS WANT TO BRAIN-WASH THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD THAT SINGAPORE IS UTOPIA; AND IN FUTURE FOR THEM NOT TO BELIEVE ARTICLES WRITTEN AGAINST THE SCUMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS. .
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[ahleebabasingaporethief]

ALSO TO BRAIN-WASH OTHER COUNTRIES YOUTH AND BRIGHT TALENTS TO TRY TO GET THEM TO MIGRATE TO SINGAPORE.

IF I WERE A PARENT WHOSE CHILD IS ATTENDING THIS YOG, I WOULD BE VERY FRIGHTEN.

RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES BETTER HOLD DE-BRAIN-WASHING TALKS WITH THEIR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS ONCE THIS YOG IS OVER.
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[cooleo]

Aren't we supposed to have this?

Wait la. Once they raise another round of GST, you can have this and more!

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

125 Responses to “Slovak YOG Ambassador slams Singapore’s YOG venues of “school standard” only”

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  <cite class="fn">realize:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:33 pm
  HAHAHA… a young girl put the whole YOG PAP fiasco to shame! nanny-nanny-poo-poo!
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">eaglefly:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:33 pm
  the lady is hard hitting, but correct in what she said.
  you need to relook at yourself and laugh at yourself….
  its ok, we learn as we go along but keep cost down , don’t bankrupt the island for your learning curve, keep it down , please…
  dafy as daft comes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">$100+ a person:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:38 pm
  YOG exceeding its initial budget by more than two times to a whooping $387 million dollars.
  that’s more than $100 per Singaporean, even if we didn’t buy tickets.
  ouch?
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">ASAP:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:38 pm
  what a bitch
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">A Ang:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:42 pm
  Ms Bartekova,
  You should not have hit the host like that. That is undiplomatic. Instead you should be thanking the host for providing you everything from lodging, food, transport NOT TO MENTION CONDOM for you to satisfy your bed time stories. Be fair to them as well.
  Adrian
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Lim:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:51 pm
  The $387 Million should be spent on the poor, including an “ah mah” at the Peoples Park Market eating left overs on the table.
  Telok Ayer MP should go and see how to help the poor “ah mah” sitting forlornly at one of the tables and moving from table to table as soon as some patrons have finish their meals to ‘clean up leftovers’.
  She could be your or my mother. My wife never fails to press a $1 coin on her palms each time she sees her. So what do you say MP for Telok Ayer, your branch office is just overlooking the market and food centre.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Teo Sir Fluck:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 12:55 pm
  Till now, there is still NO concise breakdown on how the whopping $387 is being spent and how on earth did the actual spending exceeded by more than 4 times from the initial estimates ??
  It is clearly an indication of incompetencies and leads to unecessary speculation of “unethical” practices, e.g. awarding of contracts at escalated amt to cronies & kaki companies.
  Haven’t our leaders already assured all citizens that their $MILLIONS salaries is necessary to abate “corruptive inclinations” ?
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">ku ku bert:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:03 pm
  so who is paying for the food, laundry, accommodation, transportation, public inconveniences, wastages etc for the 5000 or so young participants??
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">andrew leung:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:04 pm
  PAP must sue her for defamation and bankrupt her.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">cy:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:08 pm
  she hit the nail on the head- since the atheletes are school-going kids, it’s right that venues are of school standard.
  unless your athletes are world class,then singapore should have world class venues instead.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">achtung:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:11 pm
  she has big c*nt.let’s invite her to Geylang for physical education
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Pissed:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:24 pm
  Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!…………………….
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">jaywalker:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:31 pm
  The YOG is a big mistake.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Serious Thots:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:33 pm
  YOG will not bring in the big bucks. At the most it will generate some interest. Is this event of significant benefit to Singapore?
  We will spend $387 million and to be criticized thus would be rubbing salt to open wounds. Ms. Danka Bartekova’s job is to promote YOG. What she said may be the truth and even then, the world YOG organization must chastise her for her remarks and maybe even remove her from her position. It is like biting the hands that feed you. Mr. Ng Ser Miang should see to that.
  But all the same, I was not for the YOG. It would be better if we hosted the ASEAN Games instead.
  LHL screwed up here big time in the YOG. He was hoping that in election year, this would be another grand event to promote the PAP. Together with the National Day Parade, the emperor LKY and his family will be aggrandized.
  For TR reader’s information, difficult times are coming. England’s PM, David Cameron has asked UK’s Civil Service to see if they can survive a 40% cut in funding. What is it telling us? To throw away S$387 million frivolously in the YOG games to be criticize???
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">randomnessinmind:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:34 pm
  Awwww……I’m very surprised this was reported in the papers. What are they thinking?
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">puck 'and puck condoms:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:37 pm
  luckily,teo ser luck skip geylang red light as one of the venue.
  with free condoms,now the YOG seems more like a YOUTH ORGY GAMES.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Ray:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:41 pm
  She should join YPAP, at least she talks sense, unlike our new YPAP member cum citizen from India, Sinha Shekhar.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Supersasha:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm
  She did not “pour scorn”.
  She called a spade a spade. Told it as it is.
  Could she have been more diplomatic? Sure. But why should she?
  But isn’t diplomatic being untruthful?
  The truth shall set us free. I am so glad that she’s so candid in her review.
  Please, No more BS!
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Anti Foreigners:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm
  Spot On!
  Singapore Govt only knows how to use money to cover their incapability yet not even achieving the minimum standard after so much money being spent.
  Our standard is only to the level of laundry and condom to impress people in the news?
  Such a disgrace.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Tai Shang Lao Jun:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 1:57 pm
  The YOG is no big deal for us Singaporeans, it is almost a non event.
  Only the Govt is making a lot of hula hula noise, and we are not happy with the huge amount of money spent on promoting an event that is minuscle in size and importance, and we are proven righr with criticism by one of the international YOG ambasadors. If the venues are only school standard, then where is the money spent on. Is it to build a stadium free of charge for Jamaica, hoping the Jamaicans could help to promote the event. We call this YUAN WANG expenditure, all on taxpayers’ money.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">smallfly:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:02 pm
  Well, self praise is no praise!
  Let’s witness how successful will the YOG be with such an astronomical expenses which have exceeded the original budget by an equally astronomical times!
  With this types of expenses, if the YOG is not a success then TSL should bequeath his position for posterity and recluse to seclusion for self-introspection on profusely wasting Taxpayers’ valuable money.
  With this bunch of idiotic million-dollar devourers, the state fortune will dissipate quickly and nothing will be left behind for future off-springs!
  Good luck to all born and bred Singaporeans for having close to nothing left for their off-springs! Merry, merry, merry…… YOG! Sad, sad, sad…….. Singaporeans!
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">lim:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:07 pm
  Well, pap cannot be “slapped” by singaporeans, since the main stream media will never publish any negative views, so it needs some foreigners, whose countries’ media are not restricted in anyway, to tell the truth..
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">No Standard:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:11 pm
  I think she is correct to state that. Some of the sports venues no standard. Only the laundry with RFID technology, what acquired Beijing laundry tracking, got some standard. We think too much $$ commercial…. Where is the sports facilities? NUS/NTU facilities so so only….
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">AngryDog:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:16 pm
  Really? Wow… I loved this ambassador frank attitude! I have not seen the facilities and not in position to judge but a comment from Slovakian definitely carries alot of weight especially when she has seen it and with the mindset to compare what her country can offers and her perception of an supposingly international level meet.
  Looks our over the budget of $310 millions (?) is not justify at all! If it is all praise, I bet other will only question why the exceed but with such remarks from Ms. Danka Bartekova, many will question how come it exceeds, why and where the money goes, and if there are any legistration to oversee the spending of YOG commitee or any NKF saga?
  
  
  
  
  

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[ahleebabasingaporethief]

• <cite class="fn">We deserve it:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:31 pm
  Honestly, she is quite right, we are not big like Moscow, we cannot build Olympic sized stadiums and expect 10000s of crowd. We probably lobbied behind the scenes and a lot of marketing material to hoodwink those judges to give us the deal.
  We have a few mickey mouses forced by schools or civil agencies to attend. In the first place, Singapore was never a real sports country, and we should not have done this.
  She wasnt wrong in her assessment.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Samfoo:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:33 pm
  Any surprise? What is all that money being used for anyway?
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Dog-Bite-Dog:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 2:58 pm
  Same level as those of schools?
  No problem, afterall this is just a fun telematch for school kids.
  (with free condom provided)
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Disappointed:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:02 pm
  Spend at least 200 million and u get this kinda facilities??!?Malu lah!!
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">stormlab:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:14 pm
  yog = child’s play
  Low standard is understandable…but at an over budget price? something is wrong~ monies may have gone into the wrong pockets~
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">haha:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:23 pm
  Can’t help but to feel happy and gloat at PAP’s failure. So what if the YOG venues meet the requirements? They are probably the BARE requirements.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">2012:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:23 pm
  Well the truth always hurt
  what to do it has happened
  lets move on
  We were caught off guard
  After this YOG
  Singapore may not let her or anyone related to her to enter Singapore
  as she has cause the PAPaya to lose “FACE” in the world
  Verdict
  TIO BANNED
  as unwelcome visitor for life
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">walau:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:44 pm
  i think it is ok to be school standard. if we have to up the standard, then 400 million also not enough then after the yog, everything goes to waste. i support the school standard.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Luke:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:46 pm
  It should not be too long a wait to see the results, ie. how much $$$ it generates in return and how many gold medals our athletes will achieve…
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">kena "condomed":</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:52 pm
  huh? what FIRST WORLD kena condemned by THIRD WOLRD?
  pap must be dreaming again?
  eh,don’t ‘SIA SUAY’ singapore leh.
  if can’t do it,then do it lah.
  at least if you spend your time and resources on how to create better jobs for us,true blue citizens,we will at least show some appreciattion.
  now,lan lan,no place to hide face.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">A True Singaporean:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:53 pm
  She has forgotten why she’s here… ambassador… to promote YOG. If she can’t even differentiate her objective to be here from her personal value. Please send her back… believe me, she will not be present during the YOG Opening.
  International Olympic Committee have to do something to someone so… childish in her personal perspective.
  Is she doing what she is chosen to do???
  “Ms. Danka Bartekova is one of the 30 selected YOG Ambassadors from Slovakia; her job like any other ambassadors are to promote YOG.”
  regards,
  A True Singaporean
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">out'a luck:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 3:57 pm
  teo ser luck seems to run out of luck.
  first,his YPAP flankies anyhow pass remarks at singaporeans.
  now,YOG loooks like Youths Open-legs Games with the free condoms.
  maybe some innocent ones will think it’s for keeping their gold medals? LOL!
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">sturmtruppen:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:10 pm
  Well…
  At least she called a spade a spade…
  And no BSing there from her.
  How many PAP ministers or their flunkies can do that?
  How many?
  She at least still have her conscience and self respect. At least for that we should honestly respect her for stating the obvious and the hidden.
  Good day all.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">A FAIR HUMAN:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:15 pm
  A True Singaporean sounds like a pap dog.
  come on ,grow up yourself,as ambassador of YOG,she is entitled to her fair observations and opinions and her duty is to YOG not to singapore but to the whole world.This is not your S league,this is world league.
  let’s not cover up for the haughty miws’ mistakes,they don’t exactly represent singapore or singaporeans.
  if they do,they would not have called us daft and take away our jobs and give to foreigners.
  A True Singaporean,you are just being bias,and please,be more broad-minded instead of just merely thinking that all that our miws ever do are always good.
  time to grow up and tiem to learn form past mistakes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Luke:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:24 pm
  I’m just a layman … but I know if every dollar we spent generates 3 dollars, its a good business. As such, lets put all our focus and efforts on the positive side of this event. After-all we have already invested this amount money and cannot reverse the situation. Therefore I truely hope that we can focus our energy to make this event a success, unless you want all our money to go down the drain … ouuch … it is painful you know.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">CrazyBum:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:43 pm
  “unless you want all our money to go down the drain … ouuch … it is painful you know.”
  You mean like those money losses made by Temasick and GIC? We are numb already lah
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">ABBA:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:44 pm
  If this was a ‘Singapore YOG Ambassador’ she would have said, ‘ We must not complain and whine, we must be gratful to this Goberment for organizing such a “Big” event’
  Does she know about the British writer?
  Hmmm.. I wonder what she will have to say about that?
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">dumb butt:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:50 pm
  This is some funny shit man. Special Olympics are even more popular the YOG……go figure.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">Kerith Ravine:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:54 pm
  Dear TR Readers,
  Although I don’t like the way Ms. Danka Bartekova attacked our country, I think the PAP deserves it.
  The PAP would rather spend S$387 million on taking care of foreigners and showing off to the world they can organize a big event like YOG than taking care of our own Singaporeans.
  This large sum of money could have gone into social programs for the underprivileged. It is a good thing that the PAP’s plan has backfired.
  However lets be careful at the same time. It might be part of the PAP’s plan to get her to attack Singapore so that there is greater comradeship amongst Singaporeans just before the GE. The PAP may be trying to trick us into becoming patriotic and hence vote them into power in this coming GE.
  KR
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">PR CITIZEN:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:58 pm
  What do you expect in a land full of dogs??? Look at the national stadium, it is a joke. The government should have spend another $200 million to bulid another stadium, instead now YOG atheltes and officals are going to laugh at the facilites that Singapore has.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <cite class="fn">theAnonymous:</cite>
  July 28, 2010 at 4:59 pm
  @ Kerith Ravine
  the patriotic thing to do is to get rid of the PAP.
  
  
  
  
  

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[allanlee]

An embarrassed PAP Parliamentary Secretary for the of Youth, Community and Sports Teo Ser Luck was forced to issue a public rebuttal of Ms Danka’s accusations.

No need to rebutt..... for she speakath the truth
You can fool the peasants of Singkieland but not the rest of the world. :p

 

[allanlee]

Ms. Danka Bartekova is one of the 30 selected YOG Ambassadors from Slovakia; her job like any other ambassadors are to promote YOG.

When interviewed by Slovak media, she said:
“I’ve heard that some of the athletic fields in Singapore are no better than the standard school facilities, nothing special.

Very well said ! clap clap clap clap

 

[batman1]

No need to rebutt..... for she speakath the truth
You can fool the peasants of Singkieland but not the rest of the world. :p

Lucky the FT is a FT.IF not,surely forced and threatened to retract the statement .
Remember,the 2 Nanyang professors about statistics of employed sinkees include only singaporeans while the MOM statistics of employed singaporeans include singaporeans + SPR to boost up employed figures.Like that also want to bluff the people of singapore and the world !

 

[Leongsam]

The rest of the world is pretty much oblivious to Youth Olympics. I have neither seen nor heard anything about the event in the mainstream news.

If Singapore is trying to use YOG to market itself, I have to say it's been a huge waste of money and resources.

 

[Ramseth]

The rest of the world hasn't heard of YOG. I have neither seen nor heard anything about the event in the mainstream news.

If Singapore is trying to use YOG to market itself, I have to say it's been a huge waste of money and resources.

Commonsense. Have you heard about Youth World Cup before? Who won it before?

I'm not kidding. There's a FIFA Youth World Cup. Anybody interested, go Google or Wiki for more info.

I'm not saying Youth Olympics or Youth World Cup is not worthing hosting. But treating it like a national festival with resources expended enough to relief a national disaster is ridiculous.

 

[Leongsam]

I'm not saying Youth Olympics or Youth World Cup is not worthing hosting.

It isn't worth hosting. If it was, Singapore wouldn't have won the bid.

Singapore ecstatic at winning Youth Olympics bid
Posted: 21 February 2008 1914 hrs

• 2010 Youth Olympic Games
SINGAPORE - Singapore erupted in celebration on Thursday after winning the right to host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong calling it a new era for Southeast Asian sport.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the Games to the city-state ahead of Moscow by a vote of 53 to 44. It will be the first time that Singapore is hosting a multi-disciplinary sporting event of such a magnitude.

"Friends and fellow Singaporeans, congratulations to all of us," said Mr Lee in front of thousands of cheering supporters wearing red and white, the colours of the national flag.

"It is a great honour and privilege for all of us. It will be the first time that the Olympic flame will be in Southeast Asia and in Singapore.

"We will be the focus of a new era for sporting development for Southeast Asia and Singapore. We worked very hard, it was a national effort, but more than that it was a people effort."

Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth, and Sports, called it "an historic day".

"By choosing Singapore, the IOC has declared that it is possible for small young cities like Singapore to host the Olympic movement," he said.

"On Friday, the hard work begins. I know we will succeed because every Singaporean will go all out to welcome the youth of the world to Singapore in 2010."

Moscow had Russian President Vladimir Putin in its corner, far deeper pockets than Singapore in terms of budget, and long-standing ties with the IOC on its side. But Singapore played its size-is-not-everything card to perfection.

A huge buzz has been generated among Singaporeans, with people from all backgrounds in the nation of 4.5 million people supporting the bid.

Online, they have shown their backing by blogging, chatting on forums, posting videos and setting up websites. And more than 550 companies publicly backed the bid.

The brainchild of IOC chief Jacques Rogge, the Youth Olympics will feature traditional sports such as athletics and swimming, and also some innovative events such as beach-wrestling and BMX bike riding.

Rogge made the announcement himself from the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, ending a process that originally started with nine cities in contention. This was whittled down to Athens, Bangkok, Turin, Singapore and Moscow before it became a two-horse race.

"This is a key moment for the Olympic movement," said Rogge. "Singapore has put together a very exciting project. Hosting the Youth Olympic Games for the first time is a great responsibility, and I have every confidence in the team in Singapore.

"I have no doubt that their professionalism and enthusiasm will be instrumental in the staging of a successful Youth Olympic Games in 2010."

The Games will see 3,500 athletes, aged between 14 and 18, competing in 26 sports.

Singapore is proposing 24 venues, with four being built as temporary facilities, including one large cluster of 13 facilities in its Marina-Kallang area.

The Youth Olympic Village will be located at a new multi-million-dollar student residential complex at the National University of Singapore, slated for completion months before the event.

Singapore is budgeting US$75.5 million to run the Olympics, covering everything from educational and cultural programmes to development of services and transport. The Games will run from August 14-26. - AFP/ir

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

SOONER THAN LATER, THE INTERNATIONAL MAFIA WILL TELL HER TO RETRACT HER STATEMENT; SAYING SHE WAS MISINTERPRETED?

THAT'S POLITICS FOR YOU.....DIPLOMACY?

I WAIT WITH BAITED BREATH FOR THAT TO HAPPEN
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[Ramseth]

It isn't worth hosting. If it was, Singapore wouldn't have won the bid.

Well I'm just putting it diplomatically with a pinch of salt, you're right technically even without fuel.

 

[jw5]

The rest of the world is pretty much oblivious to Youth Olympics. I have neither seen nor heard anything about the event in the mainstream news.

If Singapore is trying to use YOG to market itself, I have to say it's been a huge waste of money and resources.

It''s not SG trying to use YOG to market itself.
It's SG trying to use itself to market YOG, which is partly the reason why it hasn't worked.
The other part of the reason why it hasn't worked is because certain individuals are trying to use YOG to market themselves.

 

[sinren67]

Wait la. Once they raise another round of GST, you can have this and more!

Sport Hub, once completed, will be opened for SEA Game. Vivian says so.

 

[Gimli]

Happy National Day to all.