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Youths unite in creating 169 kites of well-wishes for the 2010 YOG

Over 150 local and international youths created 169 kites – the number of days from the event date to the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) – at the CAN! Create event yesterday.

Made and designed by youths from the Mongolian community, and students from Global Indian International School, Riverside Secondary School, and other local primary and secondary schools, each of the kites were personalised with well-wishes for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August 2010.

Guest-of-honour, Ms Audrey Wong, Nominated Member of Parliament and Co-director of The Substation, said that such events liven up the atmosphere as Singapore 2010 approaches. “Events like the CAN! Arts festival and CAN! Create bring a positive vibe to Singapore as we prepare to host the Youth Olympics, as through these events, young people engage with the community in the spirit of giving back. CAN! Create is a good platform for youths to express their creativity; the youths’ enthusiasm and efforts make a strong statement that arts and creativity can and should be part of our daily lives,” she explains.

The challenge to create 169 kites was initiated and organised in celebration of Singapore 2010 by a group of four undergraduates from Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Working together with the Cultural and Education Programme Division of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC), the CAN! Arts team organised this event to mark the last leg of the CAN! festivities and usher in the inaugural Games with a plethora of art-themed celebrations.

Ms Sabrina Lim, member of the CAN! Arts team explains: “Prior to the event, CAN! Pledge has amassed youths in making creativity their resolution for 2010. We are very encouraged by response from the event and the 269 creative pledges submitted by youths during our street roves, school roves, and on our campaign website. We hope CAN! Create will continue to encourage youths to act on their creativity abilities, while celebrating the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.”

CAN! Create is supported by The Swatch Group, Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Central CDC Mayor’s Imagine Fund and OnePeople.sg.

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About Singapore 2010 CAN! Festivals

The Singapore 2010 CAN! (Create Action Now!) Festivals are a year-long series of themed quarterly festivals organised by youth and community organisations for the community, in celebration of Singapore 2010.

CAN! Arts, the arts-themed series which takes place from January to March 2010, will conclude the Singapore 2010 CAN! Festivals. Previous CAN! festival themes include Culture and Heritage, Digital Media and the Environment.

For more information, please visit www.whyohgee.com/can

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