Singapore learns from the experts!

IN BEIJING - SINGAPORE’S preparations for the inaugural Youth Games in 2010 go into full swing later this month, following a top-level meeting with the International Olympics Committee (IOC). Mr Ng Ser Miang, chairman of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC), said there will be a ‘full download of knowledge’ from the IOC in areas like marketing and logistics during the April 13 - 18 meeting.

Top IOC officials are also expected to meet the key players behind Singapore’s preparations so that ‘everyone is fully in-sync’, added Mr Ng, who is in town for a meeting of the 205 member countries in the Olympic movement.

At the meeting, he gave a progress report on the Youth Olympics which he said was greeted positively. Olympic officials from many countries, including India and Australia, also chipped in with ideas and offers for assistance.

Source: Straits Times Interactive 9 Apr 2008.