Read your ticket, Olympic spectators told

People planning to attend Olympic events should make themselves aware of what they can and cannot take inside venues, and should arrive well ahead of official start times, a BOCOG official said yesterday.

Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Zhu Yijun, a senior figure at the Olympic security command center, said despite the fact that a list of restricted items is printed on all event tickets, many people attending test events were found to be carrying banned items.

He was referring to a series of 42 test events held since last year, involving 56 venues.