Singapore+Youth+Olympics+(Ms+Ryan)

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The Singapore Youth Olympics were an important event in 2010, that had a big impact on the world of sport. They also had a great impact on the local communities, both positive and negative. Most of the positive impacts were either economical, environmental or educational. Some of the environmental projects that were put into place**: Green Office Label, Towards a Litter-free Singapore, Living Green @ YOV (Youth Olympics Village),Environmentally-friendly Singapore 2010 venues**. Guests of the event and the local communities were encouraged to participate in those organizations. The environmental events were all created to raise awareness of a person’s actions towards his surroundings and their effect is expected to stay after the Olympic games themselves. This will help to sustain the local environment cleaner and tidier, and would therefore help to sustain the good health of the local people. The educational impacts include the newly build YOG Learning Centre. It covers 600 square meters and two stories. It was build to enable the youth to experience and discover the spirit of Olympism and follow Singapore in its journey in hosting the first Youth Olympics Games. The economical benefits include a higher level of tourists, a minimum of 180,000 visitor nights and overall the amount generated is more than US$24 million.

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[] http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/330661/1/.html

But, as with any other event, there were some negative impacts on the community too. One of the most important ones was the budget question. Singapore was given $90 mil by the IOC, but they went over the given budget, by spending $186 mil.