Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
Ng Ser Miang , Vice-President of the SNOC and Chairman of the SYOGOC, speaking to reporters in April 2009
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:
Singapore Youth Olympic Games advisory committee members [ 2]
Position
Member
Portfolio
Chairman
Ng Ser Miang
International Olympic Committee Executive Board member in Singapore, Vice Chairman, SNOC
Deputy Chairman
Niam Chiang Meng
Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
Advisor
Kelly Fairweather
Chief Executive Officer, Sport Performance Institute, Stellenbosch University and former Director (Sports), International Olympic Committee
Chief Executive Officer
Brigadier-General(NS) Goh Kee Nguan
Member
Alex Chan
Former Chairman, Singapore Sports Council
Member
Chris Chan
Secretary-General, Singapore National Olympic Council
Member
Chang Hwee Nee
Former Deputy Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Education
Member
Patrick Daniel
Editor-in-Chief, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Member
Kenny Eng
Business Development Manager, Nyee Phoe Group and Director, Gardenasia
Member
Noel Hon
Former Chairman, Singapore Kindness Movement
Member
Koh Seng Leong
Olympic sailor
Member
Kwek Leng Joo
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
Low Teo Ping
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, Harry Elias Partnership
Member
Annabel Pennefather
President, Singapore Hockey Federation and Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council
Member
Shaun Seow
Deputy CEO (News, Radio, Print), MediaCorp
Member
Sim Gim Guan
Deputy Secretary (Information & Corporate Management), Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
Member
Dr Benedict Tan
Chairman, Singapore National Olympic Council Athletes’ Commission
Member
Dr Tan Eng Liang
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 ]
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