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Valuable lessons from AYG for Youth Olympic Games

SINGAPORE : Singapore's hosting of the Asian Youth Games (AYG) has provided invaluable lessons for next year's Youth Olympic Games (YOG). One lesson is planning for contingencies. Apart from preparing for the AYG in just one year, the games' organisers also had to worry about the H1N1 outbreak and putting in place safety precaution measures. Five youth footballers had come down with H1N1 and their team mates had to be quarantined.

Another challenge was the poor ticket sales as the athletes are relatively unknown to Singaporeans. But organisers are confident that once the competition begins, sales would pick up, especially for events that local athletes are likely to perform well in. Another important learning point for the Youth Olympic Games is to be prepared for the worse. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Teo Ser Luck, said: "For YOG crisis management, (it) could mean a very big scale one because there are 200 over countries and anything can (happen). "It's not just about disease, H1N1 or virus. It could be anything else, in terms of social issues, (either local or imported). There are other issues, such as diplomatic issues and all that." From channelmewsasia.com

I hope that the AYG and the YOG will carry out successfully despite the Flu Outbreak.I will also give support to Singapore,and hope that Singapore will win!