Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
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The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) is the organisation in charge of organising the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games. A selection process to determine the members of the games' organising committee commenced soon after the bid result announcement. Plans were made to have the committee visit the IOC, to obtain greater details on organising the event.[1]
The 23 members of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) were announced on 24 March 2008 as follows:
Position | Member | Portfolio |
---|---|---|
Chairman | Ng Ser Miang | International Olympic Committee Executive Board member in Singapore, Vice Chairman, SNOC |
Deputy Chairman | Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports | |
Advisor | Chief Executive Officer, Sport Performance Institute, Stellenbosch University and former Director (Sports), International Olympic Committee | |
Chief Executive Officer | Brigadier-General(NS) | |
Member | Alex Chan | Former Chairman, Singapore Sports Council |
Member | Secretary-General, Singapore National Olympic Council | |
Member | Former Deputy Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Education | |
Member | Editor-in-Chief, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd | |
Member | Business Development Manager, and Director, Gardenasia | |
Member | Former Chairman, Singapore Kindness Movement | |
Member | Koh Seng Leong | Olympic sailor |
Member | Managing Director, City Developments Limited and Vice Chairman, Singapore Business Federation | |
Member | Asst. Prof C Kunalan | Secretary, Singapore National Olympic Council Anti-Doping in Sports Commission |
Member | President, Singapore Sailing Federation and Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council | |
Member | Oon Jin Teik | Former Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Sports Council |
Member | Michael Palmer | Member of Parliament (Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency) and Partner, |
Member | President, and Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council | |
Member | Deputy CEO (News, Radio, Print), MediaCorp | |
Member | Deputy Secretary (Information & Corporate Management), Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts | |
Member | Chairman, Singapore National Olympic Council Athletes’ Commission | |
Member | Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council | |
Member | Josephine Teo Li Min | Member of Parliament (Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency) and Assistant Secretary-General and Director (Youth Development), National Trades Union Congress |
Member | Zainudin Nordin | Member of Parliament (Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency) and Mayor, Central Singapore District |
The SYOGOC would be aided by a panel of advisors, composed of Cabinet ministers Vivian Balakrishnan, Teo Chee Hean, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Ng Eng Hen, and former Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS) Teo Ser Luck.[3] In addition, an Inter-Ministry Committee was established with Niam Chiang Meng, former Permanent Secretary, MCYS as its chairman.[4] Comprising five sub-committees on Sports, Culture and Education, Community Outreach, Youth Engagement and Business and Marketing, its members would be announced at a later date.[citation needed]
See also[]
- Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC)
- Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
References[]
- ^ Wong Mun Wai (2008-03-11). "Organising committee to visit IOC to learn finer details of YOG". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ "Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) board members". Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ YOG organisers hoping for US$38m sponsorship deals
- ^ Channelnewsasia.com - Special Reports
External links[]
- Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games – official site at archive.today (archived 2012-05-26)
- About SYOGOC – Singapore 2010 official site
- 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympics stubs
- Singaporean sport stubs