After the success of the Youth Olympic Games is there any truth that the Queen is thinking of transferring the Commonwealth Games to Singapore from the shambles in Delhi.
General safety seems to be real a concern for the athletes.
About one-and-a-half hours later,Ms Los husband, Mr Michael Puhaindran, identified the body as that of his 28-year-old wife, making her the first Singaporean to have been killed in an overseas terrorist attack.
YOG hiccups seem like very small now compared to what Dehli is facing ..............
I think it is typical of the developed nations angst towards events held in developing nations. They ruck up the same things about Beijing air quality, human rights, construction progress etc before the 2008 Olympics. It turned out that was the most impressive Olympics ever. Of course India is more chaotic due to the democracy and the strained relations with their neighbours.
With China having hosted the 2008 Olympic successfully and Brazil hosting the 2014 World Cup. It will be interesting to see how India pull off this Commonwealth games as one the the big 5 newly industrialized economies.
True but this time its kinda different, the lodging and amenities are not even up, even if they want to hold the game, it might be impossible due to the lack of infrastructure.
Not up or not ready? If piling is not done, concrete is not poured. Then it would be a big joke and a slap in the face of India's aspiration. But if it is just not ready, then it surely isn't a big issue.
Just finished a conference call with our Delhi branch manager .... after clearing up work matters I asked if he was excited about the Commonwealth Games starting next week... he was excited but hoped that the organizers will clean up the gigantic mud pools scattered throughout the Games sites .... said that the Games should go on OK ..... at the expense of New Delhi residents
The health concerns is serious......... we've installed an active filtration system and perpetual water boiler in the office ..... some staff actually fill up their bottles to bring home after work. Hear that the recent rains mixed with cow and human excretements on the roads and mixing in with the groundwater is not at all pleasant.
I wonder those still supporting Dehli and dreaming that they can pull it off, have ever been to Dehli or India.
They may pull it off, but at what cost? Cost to the country that can ill afford this spectacle, and at what cost to the atheletes.
Beside, the Commonwealth Game, really an afterthough in the arena of international competitions.