What does YOG mean to you?
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PM Lee wants Singaporeans to do their “part” for YOG
With only two months to go to Singapore’s first ever Youth Olympic Games, the response from the ground remains lacklustre so far.
As such, the PAP is spending taxpayers’ monies to promote YOG in the HDB heartlands. YOG banners have been put up across all estates in Singapore. Students are encouraged or coerced to attend the YOG matches.
Yesterday, Hwi Yoh Community Centre at Serangoon North organized a basketball tournament and Olympic stalls to whip up a YOG frenzy for the residents, the Straits Times reported.
The event was graced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who exhorted Singaporeans to do their “part” to make the Games a success by “making the athletes feel welcome and giving them a memorable experience.”
His latest call followed that of Minister of Youth, Community Development and Sports Dr Vivian Balakrishnan who urged Singaporeans to “rally” behind the YOG.
“We need every Singaporean to understand that this is not just about sports or young people – it’s for all Singaporeans…..’All the effort that we invest in this will be wasted if every Singaporean doesn’t feel that this is a once-in-a-lifetime (event), that the Olympic flame is going to come to Singapore in such a close way and isn’t touched by it or affected by the Olympic spirit one way or another,” he was quoted as saying in the Straits Times.
Despite the massive efforts put in by the PAP, state media and other government agencies to promote the YOG, Singaporeans are lukewarm to it with many netizens viewing it as another PAP propaganda to promote itself.
Source: Temasek Review
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It doesn't mean shit to me, just a whole lot more of foreign visitors to deal with.
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i used the cheer as crapbox title.
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It is trophy event for some one to clock his KPI so that he can earn his bonus.
Just another wayang for them.
It does not mean anything to the local here as they are more interested in their own life than to participate the wayang by the MIW to show off to the world.
So what if the event is a success, they will claim all the credit of their shrewd leadership and clock more KPI and bonus.
If the event is a failure, they will shift all the blame in the locals for not supporting their bootlick events.
Mark my comments.
They will materialised in the press soon.
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I heard they had to buy up a lot of tickets to boost ticket sales.
I guess school students will be forced to go to the sporting events spread out across the country.
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im oni interested in 1 event
tic is $10
quite ok lah.
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I rather spend time staring at the wall
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This YOG is doomed to be a failure. Evertime I watch news on foreign channels, I will hear people talking about going to South Africa to watch World Cup or going to Shanghai to attend the World Expo. There is no mention of this YOG shit at all .What the fuck is YOG? I guess only Mediacork likes to heap praises on YOG and glorify this stupid ,3rd world, low class event while ignoring the other more important issues like jobs etc.
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They are getting volunteers for the events.
How cheap can they be ?
Cannot every thing also cheap.
Why dun themselves be cheaper ?
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sian i doing volunteer for the yog, i will be doing admin staff in the ICC at suntec
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
They are getting volunteers for the events.
How cheap can they be ?
Cannot every thing also cheap.
Why dun themselves be cheaper ?
They volunteer NSFs and NSmen lor since NSFs provide them with abundant source of cheap labour. I say we BOYCOTT the YOG and demand that the government provide us with FREE EPL ,EURO,UCL and World Cup coverage before supporting the YOG.World class Sports city. ...My balls.... Pay $90 to watch World Cup.... Go fuck yourself and your YOG.
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When they start giving free stuff, they will take more back from you.
When they telecast WC for free at CC, expect the tv license to be increase next year.
Dun demand anything from them as they believe in no free lunch for the commoners except for themselves.
Please kindly stomp more of the abuse you received when you are volunteering for nothing but glorifying for a certain bunch of undeserving individuals.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
When they start giving free stuff, they will take more back from you.
When they telecast WC for free at CC, expect the tv license to be increase next year.
Dun demand anything from them as they believe in no free lunch for the commoners except for themselves.
Please kindly stomp more of the abuse you received when you are volunteering for nothing but glorifying for a certain bunch of undeserving individuals.
CC didn't have to pay for the broadcast, starhub/singtel gave it to them free..
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Minister Vivi Balapoonde: What do you want? You want to watch World Cup in the CC, Food Court or at home? No such thing as watch World Cup at home for free in Singapore , antenna also need $$.But please do your part for YOG hor....I give free tickets to all students to wayang and show face at stadium or later I kena fuck upside down by LHL and have to say byebye to my 8%pay increase.
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when the stadiums are not filling up, expect to see a lot of tertiary students being asked to attend for the sake of activity points lol
YOG my ass seriously. Doesn't put food on the table but glorify these fuckers instead.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
It is trophy event for some one to clock his KPI so that he can earn his bonus.
Just another wayang for them.
It does not mean anything to the local here as they are more interested in their own life than to participate the wayang by the MIW to show off to the world.
So what if the event is a success, they will claim all the credit of their shrewd leadership and clock more KPI and bonus.
If the event is a failure, they will shift all the blame in the locals for not supporting their bootlick events.
Mark my comments.
They will materialised in the press soon.
I agree. This will serve as a wayang wayang in their election campaign/
Shameless toads
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
They are getting volunteers for the events.
How cheap can they be ?
Cannot every thing also cheap.
Why dun themselves be cheaper ?
Some are more equal than all . -
Sicktel and Suckhub are profit-making organisation and they will never give their service for free for charity.
Some one have to foot the bill for the community project.
Not forgetting the LCD panels and electricity bills and extra man power to make it happen for all the 64 matches.
They also need extra hands to clear up the mess left behind after each match.
The police have to stand by if the crowd started to get rowdy.
So, it is not that straight forward and FREE when showing the free matches to residents.
The bill will come back eventually with some increases in some fees.
As for the event, every one know it is just some wayang to glorify the pathetic achievement of some high paid and low contribution individuals.
For their face, they utilised lots of man power from the school to beef up the attendance so as to show the success of the game.
It will be interesting to see all the audience playing with their PSP when the event is going on.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Sicktel and Suckhub are profit-making organisation and they will never give their service for free for charity.
Some one have to foot the bill for the community project.
Not forgetting the LCD panels and electricity bills and extra man power to make it happen for all the 64 matches.
They also need extra hands to clear up the mess left behind after each match.
The police have to stand by if the crowd started to get rowdy.
So, it is not that straight forward and FREE when showing the free matches to residents.
The bill will come back eventually with some increases in some fees.
As for the event, every one know it is just some wayang to glorify the pathetic achievement of some high paid and low contribution individuals.
For their face, they utilised lots of man power from the school to beef up the attendance so as to show the success of the game.
It will be interesting to see all the audience playing with their PSP when the event is going on.
the stupid gahmen only know how to increase their pay but are not willing to use the money to help the poor , jobless , sick and broadcast world cup for free or subsidise 80% of it so as to allow everyone to enjoy watching world class sporting events and not some low class YOG . What is the point of calling yourself a sports hub when it costs $90 to watch world cup?
For the YOG part, I think teachers will be at the stadium to ''inspect'' the students and anyone caught playng PSP will have to attend detention class .Anyway ,this is nothing new as the SAF has always been making use of NSFs to show support for SAFFC in S. league games. It is all about WAYANG .
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Originally posted by montana222:
the stupid gahmen only know how to increase their pay but are not willing to use the money to help the poor , jobless , sick and broadcast world cup for free or subsidise 80% of it so as to allow everyone to enjoy watching world class sporting events and not some low class YOG . What is the point of calling yourself a sports hub when it costs $90 to watch world cup?
For the YOG part, I think teachers will be at the stadium to ''inspect'' the students and anyone caught playng PSP will have to attend detention class .Anyway ,this is nothing new as the SAF has always been making use of NSFs to show support for SAFFC in S. league games. It is all about WAYANG .
The lee sianz loong said he increased GST to help the poor.The father said there is no free lunch in the world.
No free lunch but want to get free help in YOG, or did I read wrongly????
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Increase GST to help the poor.
Since there are no poor people in sg as every one own a HDB flat, they helped themselves with a huge salary increase.
No free lunch.
The old man is right about no free lunch, but it only apply to people of sg and not them.
They have created what we have now so they are having their lunch paid by the people.
So, no lunch is free.
It is only WHO is paying for it.
As for FREE help, they are VOLUNTEERS out of their SELF willingness and no one is forcing them to do it.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Increase GST to help the poor.
Since there are no poor people in sg as every one own a HDB flat, they helped themselves with a huge salary increase.
No free lunch.
The old man is right about no free lunch, but it only apply to people of sg and not them.
They have created what we have now so they are having their lunch paid by the people.
So, no lunch is free.
It is only WHO is paying for it.
As for FREE help, they are VOLUNTEERS out of their SELF willingness and no one is forcing them to do it.
Worse than slavery.
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All I have to say is, the response here couldn't be more different from Vancouver's just months ago...
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Probably means many burnt weekends for the poor NSFs..
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i stay in tampines and my neighbours ask if i'm doing any volunteering...
my reply..
"volunteer? no pay? i rather find holiday job."
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