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SINGAPORE: 20,000 tickets for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games have been sold. This update was given by the organisers at the ceremony to relocate the first Countdown Clock for the Games.
The clock was moved from the City Hall site to its new home at One Fullerton.
Its latest location is more in line with the upcoming activities for the games as the opening and closing ceremonies will be held at the Floating Platform and the official media centre will be at the Marina Bay Sands.
Another reason is that the Padang will be used for the National Day celebrations also in August.
Also unveiled was a minute-long TV commercial which will go on air on the April 19 in Singapore.
With four months to go, ticket sales are moving along with 20,000 of the 320,000 on offer being snapped up.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Community Development, Youth and Sports, Teo Ser Luck, said: "We are quite happy with the progress. I think it will actually pick up for some of the other sports that are non-mainstream.
“We hope to do more and create more publicity for the mainstream sports. The sports that are more popularly followed like swimming, diving and even football, are selling well." - CNA/vm
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