Want to be a YOG torch bearer? Public applications are now open!
Contributed by Eta Lauw/SYOGOC
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong unveiling the torch at NorthLight School. (Photo courtesy of SYOGOC)
Singapore, Friday, March 12, 2010 - Come August 2010, some 2,400 Singaporeans will get the chance to be a part of the nation's history as the Youth Olympic flame arrives in Singapore for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games journey of the Youth Olympic flame.
As the Youth Olympic flame journeys around Singapore in a 6-day torch relay, Singaporeans will be participating as torch bearers or cheering on their fellow community torch bearers in the first-ever Olympic Games torch relay in Singapore.
Mr Ng Ser Miang, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice-President and Chairman of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) said, "The Olympic Flame represents the values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect, and is one of the most important and recognisable symbol of the Olympic Movement. It will be an unforgettable experience to carry the Flame or just to witness its journey round Singapore. I invite all of you to be part of this journey."
Torch bearers are the ambassadors of the Olympic Flame - expressing the spirit of Olympism and inspiring others to embrace this ideal. A torch bearer for the flame must embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.
From 12 March to 15 April 2010, Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents aged 12 years old and above (born on or before 1 January 1999) may apply to SYOGOC to be a Singapore 2010 torch bearer.
They have to complete an online form at the Million Deeds Challenge website (www.milliondeeds.sg), and share how they live the Olympic values through deeds of Excellence, Friendship and Respect in their life.
About 560 torch bearers will be selected by random ballot through this channel, and SYOGOC will inform the selected torch bearers in June 2010. In addition, SYOGOC is working with various communities in Singapore to select other torch bearers such as students and national servicemen. In all, about 85% of the torch bearers will be the public, both as individuals and members of the various communities.
Besides participating as a torch bearer, schools, organisations and the community are encouraged to organise activities to bring Singaporeans together to cheer the torch bearers as the Youth Olympic flame passes through various parts of Singapore.
A community celebration will end off each relay day and everyone, especially those who have missed the torch relay that day, are invited to join in the celebrations where the community cauldron will be lit with the Youth Olympic flame.
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, joined by students and teachers from NorthLight School, unveiled the torch for flame and the design of the community cauldron at the school today.
The torch will be carried by the torch bearers for the torch relay in Singapore, and also by the participants of the torch pass ceremony at each of the five international cities that the Youth Olympic Flame will travel to. The community cauldron will be used to hold the Youth Olympic flame at the community celebration site.
The first two student torch bearers, Lee Chuan Jie, 16, and Noradlina Bte Abdul Hadi, 15, from NorthLight School, were also introduced today at the event.
For more information on the journey of the Youth Olympic flame, please visit www.singapore2010.sg/jyof
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