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TAKE FIVE - sixth
formers
- Croydon Advertiser, 12 September
2003 (The People's pole)
Mayor of London Ken
Livingstone believes Crystal Palace National Sports Centre should
form part of the UK's 2012 Olympic Games bid. But the 40-year old
complex needs millions of pounds of improvements. We asked five sixth
formers at Archbishop Tennyson School in South Croydon whether they
thought it would be money well spent
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Chrissy Lay, 16 -
from Coulsdon
"All these millions of
pounds could be spent on improving schools schools and
hospitals which are much better causes. For example the
school here needs money spent on it. We could use it to
expand our sixth form centre which is very
overcrowded."
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Liz Ecob, 16 - from
Sanderstead
"I think the money would
be better spent going to schools and hospitals. Sport is
entertainment and I don't think it is as important as
education and health. You could use the money for medical
research to find a cure for cancer."
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Mark Jenkins, 16 -
from Shirley
"You could give the money
to other causes but then there's no entertainment and life
would become very humdrum. If you invest millions in
athletics then you will generate money which an be invested
into education, healthcare facilities and caring for old
people."
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Simon Camp, 16 -
from Bromley
I think they should invest
in the Crystal Palace sports centre as it will be very good
for London and will bring tourism to the surrounding area.
The money they generate could then be put back into the
public transport system."
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Robert Kyei, 16 -
from Purley
"Personally I feel we
should invest money into athletics as it is an historic
sport dating back to the Greeks. Athletics doesn't get as
much credibility as much as football and rugby. A better
stadium at Crystal Palace could help establish Croydon and
expand it as a city."
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