Moscow says they are confident of beating Singapore in bid to host Youth Olympic Games.

They have better infrastructures and proven sporting event.

..."Experience is our number one strength," said the Russian. "We hosted the World Youth Games in 1998, with young athletes from 135 countries coming to Moscow.

"Our city’s infrastructure for sports is solid. We have up to 30 sports events annually and have hosted international sports events such as the Volleyball European Championship (2007) and Athletics World Indoor Championship (2006).

"Experience is very important and with less than two years to put it together, Moscow already have a team of professionals in place to do a good job."

In its report issued two days ago, the IOC’s six—member Evaluation Commission felt that Singapore and Moscow would present the least risk to the IOC in organising the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games.

The only advantage we have is - The Good Weather!

Originally posted by ahtansh:
Moscow says they are confident of beating Singapore in bid to host Youth Olympic Games.

They have better infrastructures and proven sporting event.

..."Experience is our number one strength," said the Russian. "We hosted the World Youth Games in 1998, with young athletes from 135 countries coming to Moscow.

"Our city’s infrastructure for sports is solid. We have up to 30 sports events annually and have hosted international sports events such as the Volleyball European Championship (2007) and Athletics World Indoor Championship (2006).

"Experience is very important and with less than two years to put it together, Moscow already have a team of professionals in place to do a good job."

In its report issued two days ago, the IOC’s six—member Evaluation Commission felt that Singapore and Moscow would present the least risk to the IOC in organising the [b]1st Summer Youth Olympic Games.

The only advantage we have is - The Good Weather!
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I hope as hell Singapore gets to host the youth olympics. I last heard a radio broadcast saying the results will be announced on Feb 28. Anybody knows?

Singapore stands a very good chance of winning it because the IOC has said that chance would be given to countries that haven't held the Olympics Games before

Actually i dun understand why are ppl so excited about this 2010 thing?

What do you gain?

You get more money?

Unless you own hotels or shops catering to the atheletes etc, you will get money. Or if you're the govt, you will get more revenue from taxes

But if you are just an ordinary employee?

What do you get? Only have to endure the crowd and the road closures, and what have you?

Originally posted by faroukalhadad:

Actually i dun understand why are ppl so excited about this 2010 thing?

What do you gain?

You get more money?

Unless you own hotels or shops catering to the atheletes etc, you will get money. Or if you're the govt, you will get more revenue from taxes

But if you are just an ordinary employee?

What do you get? Only have to endure the crowd and the road closures, and what have you?

Definitely going to open many doors for employment in many sectors. Besides, there are crowds and road closures all the time anyway. Cmon be a lil more supportive!

I'm not trying to be a wet blanket

but sometimes i feel that Singaporeans just support whatever the govt says without much thinking.

the olympics will just be here for a week or two. i dun see how that is gonna create long term jobs once their money goes out. F1 maybe as it happens every year but a one-off sporting event?

like i said, unless u own hotels, catering services etc, or ur the govt, i dun see why you should be blindly excited about it.

Originally posted by faroukalhadad:

Actually i dun understand why are ppl so excited about this 2010 thing?

What do you gain?

You get more money?

Unless you own hotels or shops catering to the atheletes etc, you will get money. Or if you're the govt, you will get more revenue from taxes

But if you are just an ordinary employee?

What do you get? Only have to endure the crowd and the road closures, and what have you?

you look at the bigger picture my friend.

the crowd and road closures will bring in more funds than anything else. remember that we Singapore do not have any natural resources to gain funds from. so our income would be greatly from tourism.

by hosting this event, we can forsee a large influx of funds from the spendings of the athletes, committees and others that had come for this international event.

this event will open up temp jobs for those looking for part time jobs. there will be a forward movement in the economy. so why is it not good for us?

i think sinkapore will get it.

but if u know the ioc culture, it's riddled with bribes and undertable negotiations. i think sinkapore will bribe its way in, unless moscow is able to pull something bigger.

youth olympics is way over-rated. it's like the youth WC, under 18 WC, etc. if you go to those hosting venues or watch it on telly, it is played to empty terraces. similarly, i doubt majority of sinkaporeans will give a hoot. it will only appeal to the FTs, portion of the youth, the sinkapore elites and certain segment of the population. i doubt it will be a revenue generator. other than the participants, there will not be droves of ppl who will come here just to watch the youth games. this talk about increased tourism is baloney. get real!

sinkapore got a new sports hub, so it is quite appropriate to showcase it. the other reason is the `feel good' factor. however, sinkapore is at least 10 years late in this game.

there is a lot of hype. and just hype.

but sinkapore will be pronunced winner and tt will make quite a few ppl's political stock price rise immeasurably.

me, i will stick to my EPL. or if it is off season, i might take a holiday abroad. better still, i might be settled elsewhere already by then already.

Originally posted by faroukalhadad:

Actually i dun understand why are ppl so excited about this 2010 thing?

What do you gain?

You get more money?

Unless you own hotels or shops catering to the atheletes etc, you will get money. Or if you're the govt, you will get more revenue from taxes

But if you are just an ordinary employee?

What do you get? Only have to endure the crowd and the road closures, and what have you?

economic good then ur year end bonus oso will be good

i am hoping for more stadiums to be built and suave guys to ogle

I have a feeing russia will win cos
russian atheletes = russian atheletes
most singapore atheletes = rejected foreign atheletes

Hopefully i do not get flame for this

They have great experience, but we are great organizers. Singapore's weakness of being small is a strength of hers. It makes things easier to organize. How lost can you get in Singapore as compared to Russia?

But ultimately, between experience and organization, both are just as important. I would say Russia has a great chance just as we do.

My heart says Singapore should host such mega events.

My head says - think about the increased congestion, packed transport system, roads etc.

It's already so bad.

You want tourists, delegates to remember Singapore as a congested, packed and crowded city with little room to breathe?

The poodles are money-minded, so are the peasants.

No one think about:

- the chance to witness future stars in action.

- to observe and learn how the rest of sportsmen trained.

- proud to host a world-class event in the country.

What we are thinking:

- Money to be spend by the sportsman.

- Money to be brought in by the spectators and supporters.

- Money for the sponsorship and telecast right.

- Money for the part-timers and businessmen.

Juts like the WTO held the other time.

All the noise, all the false flower and all the nuisance.

For the poodle, the guy is just trying show off to clinch the event.

Whether he is good at serving the people, nobody knows.

He is just the poster boy.

You must understand that there are a lot of politics involved in this.

The various countries get to vote who hosts the Youth Olympics.

It boils down to which country has more friends.

I won't be surprised if Moscow wins coz I think the Russians may be doing some horse-trading in the background.

Originally posted by onlooker123:

You must understand that there are a lot of politics involved in this.

The various countries get to vote who hosts the Youth Olympics.

It boils down to which country has more friends.

I won't be surprised if Moscow wins coz I think the Russians may be doing some horse-trading in the background.

So you are saying Singapore has no friends?

Will the income generated eventually go to the peasants?

Originally posted by laurence82:

Will the income generated eventually go to the peasants?

Is this a trick question?

Originally posted by charlize:

So you are saying Singapore has no friends?

Of course we have friends. Issue is which party has more friends and which party is more willing to horse-trade in the international arena. And that includes outright bribery.

One more day to know the outcome to this youth Olympig bid. Singapore even put up a party to celebrate... What if we lose???!!!!

<Padang Party to greet Youth Olympic Games bid outcome

Wed, Feb 20, 2008
 
ONE more day. That is all that separates the world from knowing whether Singapore or Moscow will host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

Starting from 5.30pm on Thursday, Singaporeans can be part of The Final Countdown party at the Padang.

The party will climax with the live satellite announcement of the winner from the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland at 7pm.

Two giant LED screens have been put up in front of City Hall, where the public can catch the eight-minute broadcast at 7 pm.

Over 5,000 people, dressed in red, are expected to turn up.

Festivities include performances by Asian Idol Hady Mirza and Project Superstar winners Daren Tan and Tan Diya on the stage at the steps of City Hall.

The result will round off over seven months of hard work by Singapore's bid committee - work that included submitting a comprehensive candidature file, securing financial and infrastructural guarantees and making a presentation to the IOC.

From nine cities in October, a shortlist of five was made in November, then whittled down to two last month.>

To be frank, I'm more interested to know if I have won my 10 million $$ TOTO tmr.

We might not win.  Be prepared for bad news.  Of course I hope I'm wrong.

Those people there will be shock if Singapore Lost. Suck thumb and Cry! But if Singapore WINS! Hoorray!

More Good Years for PAP.

Russia should bid for the summer Olympic and let smaller countries like Singapore host the Youth Olympic.

Originally posted by weiqimun:

i think sinkapore will get it.

but if u know the ioc culture, it's riddled with bribes and undertable negotiations. i think sinkapore will bribe its way in, unless moscow is able to pull something bigger.

youth olympics is way over-rated. it's like the youth WC, under 18 WC, etc. if you go to those hosting venues or watch it on telly, it is played to empty terraces. similarly, i doubt majority of sinkaporeans will give a hoot. it will only appeal to the FTs, portion of the youth, the sinkapore elites and certain segment of the population. i doubt it will be a revenue generator. other than the participants, there will not be droves of ppl who will come here just to watch the youth games. this talk about increased tourism is baloney. get real!

sinkapore got a new sports hub, so it is quite appropriate to showcase it. the other reason is the `feel good' factor. however, sinkapore is at least 10 years late in this game.

there is a lot of hype. and just hype.

but sinkapore will be pronunced winner and tt will make quite a few ppl's political stock price rise immeasurably.

me, i will stick to my EPL. or if it is off season, i might take a holiday abroad. better still, i might be settled elsewhere already by then already.

ok goodbye~

Originally posted by TCH05:

Russia should bid for the summer Olympic and let smaller countries like Singapore host the Youth Olympic.

They lost it to London for the 2012 game rmb?