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Singapore will host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG).〔(Singapore to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 )〕 According to the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC), Singapore's concept fully embraces the Olympic values, with fully integrated Sports, Education and Culture programmes to engage and inspire young people. As a diverse community with many languages and cultures, Singapore is 'united and committed as a country', in its enthusiasm to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The SNOC is currently working closely with the International Olympic Committee, and is hoping to deliver a creative and exciting Youth Olympic Games. As claimed by the SNOC, Singapore, with its dedicated team and excellent track record in large scale events and conferences, will guarantee a successful YOG in two and a half years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Singapore National Olympic Council ) 〕 ==Background== Host of the 117th IOC Session, Singapore made its first formal bid to host a multi-disciplinary sporting event of this magnitude. It banked on its high connectivity with the world, its youthfulness as an independent country and its reputation for excellence and multi-racial harmony. The city-state rolled out a high-publicity campaign. These included being amongst the first to launch its official website, bid logo (dispute IOC rules against bid logos) and a bid tagline "Blazing the Trail" on 16 October 2007〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Channel News Asia )〕 and getting the local populace to support its bid, including an effort by students to collect 1 million signatures in support of the games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Menscerto Inc. )〕 Singapore's bid got off to a rocky start when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed concern on 15 July 2007 that the city may not be ready to host the games as the Singapore Sports Hub is expected to be ready only in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Channel News Asia )〕 By 10 August 2007, however, the city announced its intentions to proceed with the bid.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Channel News Asia )〕 Former Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports Teo Ser Luck went to Beijing with Ng Ser Miang and other government officials on a "fact-finding" mission from 25 September to 28 September 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (Singapore) )〕 On 8 October 2007, Prime Minister Lee expressed full support in Singapore's bid after meeting IOC President Jacques Rogge in Lausanne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Channel News Asia )〕 Singapore's bid documents were submitted on 23 October 2007, two days before the IOC's deadline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Channel News Asia )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Singapore bid for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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