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By Patwant Singh | Posted: 31 March 2010 2211 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Tickets for the world's first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) went on sale Wednesday on-line, through a hotline, and over 35 counters, including six overseas.
Organisers said that sales have been encouraging, with more than 50 per cent of the tickets sold online.
When Channel NewsAsia visited one of 29 SISTIC counters selling the YOG tickets on Wednesday, the response was slow.
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63 of those were bought through on-line booking and the collection made at the counter.
Tickets can also be purchased through a Hotline at +65 63482010.
Overall, organisers said more than 600 tickets were snapped online in the first 30 minutes of operations.
They were unable to give a total sales figure for the day, but added that most transactions were from Singapore.
The fastest selling tickets were for diving, gymnastics and swimming.
Due to the overwhelming response, some sessions for these sports are unavailable for the moment.
MediaCorp understands organisers are looking at making provisions to offer more tickets for these popular sports.
While it is still early days, organisers said they are confident that all 320,000 tickets will be sold.
However, they said they have contingency plans should demand be slow.
Organisers also confirmed that no discounts and complimentary tickets will be offered.
- CNA/yb
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By Patwant Singh | Posted: 31 March 2010 2211 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Tickets for the world's first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) went on sale Wednesday on-line, through a hotline, and over 35 counters, including six overseas.
Organisers said that sales have been encouraging, with more than 50 per cent of the tickets sold online.
When Channel NewsAsia visited one of 29 SISTIC counters selling the YOG tickets on Wednesday, the response was slow.
No purchases were made at the Novena outlet when our news <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 50%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="team" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dteam%26domain%3Dwww.channelnewsasia.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dteam%26domain%3Dwww.channelnewsasia.com" leohighlights_underline="true">team</leo_highlight> was there just after lunch; but earlier, 67 tickets were sold.
63 of those were bought through on-line booking and the collection made at the counter.
Tickets can also be purchased through a Hotline at +65 63482010.
Overall, organisers said more than 600 tickets were snapped online in the first 30 minutes of operations.
They were unable to give a total sales figure for the day, but added that most transactions were from Singapore.
The fastest selling tickets were for diving, gymnastics and swimming.
Due to the overwhelming response, some sessions for these sports are unavailable for the moment.
MediaCorp understands organisers are looking at making provisions to offer more tickets for these popular sports.
While it is still early days, organisers said they are confident that all 320,000 tickets will be sold.
However, they said they have contingency plans should demand be slow.
Organisers also confirmed that no discounts and complimentary tickets will be offered.
- CNA/yb
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