Singapore PM: Dream to become reality as city-state wins bid for 2010 Youth Olympics

International Herald Tribune
21st Feb 2008
The Associated Press

Thousands of Singaporeans cheered and waved the national flag Thursday after their city-state won the right to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, and the Prime Minister called the result a "dream that will become reality".

"It's a great honor and privilege for all of us, for Singapore and every Singaporean," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a gathering of officials and more than 5,000 students from 90 schools decked in the national color red, on a large field in downtown Singapore.

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