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To me, the most important moment in Singapore’s history between 1959 and 2009 was…

To me, the most important moment in Singapore’s history is on 21 February 2009 when Singapore was declared as the hosting country for the first Youth Olympics Games.

In early November 2007, the International Olympics Committee selected five cities as candidates to be elected as the host city. In January 2008, the candidate cities were further pared down to only two cities – Moscow and Singapore. Finally, on that significant day, Singapore was declared as the host via life telecast from Lausanne, Switzerland. Singapore had won by a total of 53 votes to 44 for Moscow.

This is very meaningful as it had proven that though Singapore is just a young and small country, we are able to host a big event. Through this, we can learn many things from the other countries coming here. We can learn more about their culture and have greater knowledge about them to build a greater friendship with them. Many people, especially the atheletics, can benefit as they are able to witness how other sportsmen prepare and practice for sports event. Olympics is usually held in other countries, hence, we can only send a small number of athletics there to view the event. However, this time many of our athletics are able to witness outstanding athletics from other countries live, allowing them to learn better.

YOG will be held from 14 to 26 august 2010, receiving around 3,600 athletes and 800 officials from 205 National Olympic Committees. It was estimated that there will be 800 media representatives and 20,000 local and international volunteers will be involved in this event. This will bring a rise in tourism in our country, benefiting the economics, helping Singaporeans during this financial crisis.

In addition Friends@YOG Prgramme was established. My school, Fuhua Secondary School was twinned with Republic of Vanuatu and United States Virgin Islands. I felt very happy to be twinned with these two countries as I never heard of them. From this, I realized that actually I do not really understand other countries. I only learnt about some countries through textbooks. But what I learnt is only about how these countries are linked with Singapore, I do not really understand their culture and their tradition. I hoped that by the end of this program, I will be able to learn more about them.

Lastly, I feel very proud that Singapore was chosen to be the hosting city for Youth Olympics Games 2010.

Decided to join this following contest at http://yesterday.sg/50years/

To me, the most important moment in Singapore’s history between 1959 and 2009 was…

To me, the most important moment in Singapore’s history is on 21 February 2009 when Singapore was declared as the hosting country for the first Youth Olympics Games.

In early November 2007, the International Olympics Committee selected five cities as candidates to be elected as the host city. In January 2008, the candidate cities were further pared down to only two cities – Moscow and Singapore. Finally, on that significant day, Singapore was declared as the host via life telecast from Lausanne, Switzerland. Singapore had won by a total of 53 votes to 44 for Moscow.

This is very meaningful as it had proven that though Singapore is just a young and small country, we are able to host a big event. Through this, we can learn many things from the other countries coming here. We can learn more about their culture and have greater knowledge about them to build a greater friendship with them. Many people, especially the atheletics, can benefit as they are able to witness how other sportsmen prepare and practice for sports event. Olympics is usually held in other countries, hence, we can only send a small number of athletics there to view the event. However, this time many of our athletics are able to witness outstanding athletics from other countries live, allowing them to learn better.

YOG will be held from 14 to 26 august 2010, receiving around 3,600 athletes and 800 officials from 205 National Olympic Committees. It was estimated that there will be 800 media representatives and 20,000 local and international volunteers will be involved in this event. This will bring a rise in tourism in our country, benefiting the economics, helping Singaporeans during this financial crisis.

In addition Friends@YOG Prgramme was established. My school, Fuhua Secondary School was twinned with Republic of Vanuatu and United States Virgin Islands. I felt very happy to be twinned with these two countries as I never heard of them. From this, I realized that actually I do not really understand other countries. I only learnt about some countries through textbooks. But what I learnt is only about how these countries are linked with Singapore, I do not really understand their culture and their tradition. I hoped that by the end of this program, I will be able to learn more about them.

Lastly, I feel very proud that Singapore was chosen to be the hosting city for Youth Olympics Games 2010.

♥, Cheryl Lim-x
Staying in a jail called FHsS, cell number 4E5. Jailed for loving RED CROSS too much.