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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:55 am Post subject: Olympics Preparations On BMX Track For Beijing |
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*** Olympics Preparations On BMX Track For Beijing ***
Beijing, China -- 08/06/2007
Photo - A worker walks on the covered tracks of Laoshan BMX
Venue, the host for BMX competition during the 2008 Olympic
Games, in Beijing August 6, 2007. Preparations for next year's
Beijing Olympics are on track, organisers said on Monday,
shrugging off concerns about food safety, pollution and
accusations it has not lived up to its media freedom pledge.
All preparations for next year's Beijing Olympics are on track,
organisers said on Monday, shrugging off concerns about the
safety of Chinese food and accusations that it has not lived up
to its media freedom pledge.
All Olympic venues -- with the exception of the main "Bird's Nest"
stadium -- would be finished by the end of the year, and ticket sales
were going well, said Wang Wei, secretary general of the Beijing
Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.
"Generally speaking, preparations for the Beijing Olympics are
smoothly marching forward in accordance with plans," he told
a live televised news conference.
"City traffic conditions and the environment have got better," he said,
though outside the pollution-plagued city was again shrouded in smog.
Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the organisers,
added that regulations introduced at the start of the year
to ease reporting restrictions for foreign journalists had
been well received.
But the Foreign Correspondents Club of China unveiled
a survey last week which said the government still harassed
reporters and did not respect a promise for total media freedom.
China's censors cut off the signal on Monday morning for a live CNN
broadcast from Beijing when the freedom of press question came up.
Wang also insisted food safety would not be a problem.
"We have especially established a committee on food safety,"
he said. "... We have a lot of confidence we can ensure food
safety in Beijing."
The issue has attracted global attention following the death of pets
in North America from tainted Chinese-made pet food, as well as the
discovery of toothpaste made with a poisonous chemical.
Since then there have been a string of reports about sub-standard
made-in-China products, from seafood to tyres and toys.
CC - Reuters/Claro Cortes
ACC - 2008 BMX Olympics Information
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