Flame Nears End of Relay
The Youth Olympic Flame will explore the southwest corner of Singapore on day five of the torch relay Thursday as it nears the end of the six-day journey.
The Flame, which has already visited southeast, northeast and northwest Singapore, will make a trek through Jurong, Boon Lay, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, West Coast, Clementi, Dover and Buona Vista on day five. The Flame will participate in celebrations at Singapore Polytechnic.
Day four of the torch relay included a visit to the Singapore Zoo. Three elephants dressed in maharajah fine clothes welcomed the Flame.
Celebrations also were held at Republic Polytechnic on day four.
"Over the past few days, I have seen thousands of Singaporeans reach out to touch it to pass the torch along because they want to be part of this special moment, to be part of history," Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister, Community Development, Youth and Sports said at the fourth day community celebration.
Anti-YOG Website
A Singaporean website that says it is the "true voice of Singaporeans for Singapore" has posted several articles expressing dislike of the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games.
The Temasek Review has a special section for the Youth Olympics. All articles in the section express concern about the inaugural Youth Olympics.
"Due to lack of public support for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the PAP regime has resorted to forcing Singapore students to ‘volunteer’ for the event to generate fake grassroots support to save its own ‘face’," the publication wrote in a recent article about YOG volunteers.
The publication also cites a Facebook fan page, "I hate the Youth Olympic Games (YOG)". The fan page description says, "We are Singaporeans who are fed up with the YOG."
YOG Athletes To Be Greeted With Fanfare
Athletes will get a proper welcome Friday when they arrive at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
The aptlynamed "WOW! Comes YOUth" ceremony will greet the youngsters as they arrive atthe Youth Olympic Village, their home for the next two weeks.
Thirty-six hundred athletes from 204 different national Olympic committees will participate in the inaugural Games.
The event will be streamed live at www.youtholympicgames.org.
App Helps Games' Youth Stay Atop What's Up
A new smartphone application will help Youth Olympic Games competitors and spectators make the most of their downtime in Singapore.
Wassup? is a location-based program that combines movie listings, nightlife offerings and other youth-centric activities with social networking functions.
The Singapore Tourism Board and Microsoft launched the application last week to coincide with the inaugural YOG.
The island nation expects more than 40,000 international visitors and youth participantsforthe two-week competition, which begins Saturday.
Wassup? is available for download on the iTunes app store.
Singapore 2010 Stamps
Singapore 2010 themed stamps will become available at the official Singapore 2010 online store Saturday.
Most stamps feature the 2010 Youth Olympic Games mascots playing variousYouth Olympic sports. Other stamps represent the different cultures,teamwork and leadership represented at the Youth Olympics.
Complete sets of stamps, a first day coverwith stamps, presentation packs, MyStamp sheets and commemorative packsare all available at the online store. Prices range from less than$2.00 to $37. The stamps are available at http://shop.vpost.com.sg/singapore2010/.
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