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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/dr-vivian-balakrishnan-addresses-yog-budget-rally-195633119.html
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has admitted that his team had miscalculated the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) budget.
Speaking at the People's Action Party (PAP) rally in Clementi on Wednesday night, Dr Balakrishnan explained what happened to the YOG budget by relating it to his conversation with Thaddaeus Wee, an undergraduate, who asked him about it four days ago on the LRT train at Bukit Panjang.
"We got the initial estimates of the money to be spent on the YOG wrong," Dr Balakrishnan frankly told the 1,000-strong crowd that gathered on the m&d-soaked field in Clementi.
He explained that the games exceeded its original budget of S$104 million by over :*::*:three times because it was the first time that such an event was organised and there was no other model for reference.
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has admitted that his team had miscalculated the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) budget.
Speaking at the People's Action Party (PAP) rally in Clementi on Wednesday night, Dr Balakrishnan explained what happened to the YOG budget by relating it to his conversation with Thaddaeus Wee, an undergraduate, who asked him about it four days ago on the LRT train at Bukit Panjang.
"We got the initial estimates of the money to be spent on the YOG wrong," Dr Balakrishnan frankly told the 1,000-strong crowd that gathered on the m&d-soaked field in Clementi.
He explained that the games exceeded its original budget of S$104 million by over :*::*:three times because it was the first time that such an event was organised and there was no other model for reference.
