Asian Games venues under way

GUANGZHOU: Construction of venues for the 16th Asian Games has reached the final stage in this Guangdong provincial capital.

"Outer and interior decorations for most of the venues for the biggest sports event in Asia are now well under way," said Peng Gaofeng, director of the organizing committee's venues department.

"The venues, which feature the architectural style of the southern Chinese region, will be able to be put into use one after the other after March next year," Peng told a press conference yesterday.