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Singapore to bid for Olympic with Malaysia ? CNA : Singapore-Malaysia joint bid for Olympic Games an 'interesting concept': SNOC SINGAPORE: The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) said on Tuesday (Jul 28) that jointly bidding to host the Olympic Games with Malaysia is an “interesting concept which has yet to be explored in depth”. In response to media queries, SNOC said while Singapore have hosted the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 and the Southeast Asian Games, it is unable to host the Olympic Games due to the demands and magnitude of the requirements. “We have to tread carefully as hosting the Olympic Games is a massive undertaking which will need the full support of the Government,” SNOC said. This comes after Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) President Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Ja’afar said having two countries co-host the Olympics is a possibility under the International Olympics Committee (IOC)’s new agenda, in a report in Malaysian newspaper The Star on Monday. “Doing it all on our own may be beyond us but under the new Olympic reform agenda, the IOC allow twin bids. I do see a joint bid between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in the future,” Tunku Imran said in The Star. In a separate The Malay Mail report, IOC President Thomas Bach said there is no barrier for any country to host the Olympic Games. “I hope that one day we can have it here...because Olympics Agenda 2020 offers an opportunity to have an Olympic Games (to be held) in a country, which until now, has not considered (the possibility) to host Olympic Games,” Mr Bach told The Malay Mail, in response to the possibility of having the Olympic Games in Southeast Asia. - CNA/dl link : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/singapore-malaysia-joint/2012676.html YOG over budget by 300%, this one ....