Australia is planning to send a record team of almost 500 athletes to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced on Saturday.
The 1st World Press Briefing for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing 25-29 September 2006, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced today.
Faced with traffic and pollution problems as they prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics, officials in the Chinese capital are drafting contingency plans that include an extended holiday for the city's huge government work force during the games or limiting the days residents can drive.
Hill & Knowlton, one of the world's leading communications consulting firms, has been named as the communications consultant for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Numismatic Programme was officially launched on April 26, with the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and the People's Bank of China signing an exclusive agreement.
Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Hein Verbruggen commended BOCOG on its preparation for the Games as its three-day plenary session drew to an end.
Youngsters have been recruited in the capital city to help pitch in on "green" efforts for the 2008 Olympic Games.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan gave the thumbs-up to the design and construction of the Beijing Olympic venues when he toured the National Stadium in the company of Liu Qi, president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) on Tuesday morning.
As a metropolis possessing the most buses using clean fuel around the world, Beijing will spend 2.8 billion yuan (US$345 million) this year to increase the number of environmentally friendly buses.
The stench was so pungent, people could smell it dozens of kilometres away. Rubbish floats on top of sewage. It's an unimaginable working environment for almost everyone, but one man has been working in it for 30 years, and he says the sacrifice is worth it.
Visiting IOC inspectors were confident that Beijing would successfully tackle traffic and environmental problems before the Olympic Games in 2008.
Beijing received a rave review for their "stunning" venues and "high quality" organisation from the IOC on Thursday at the end of three-day inspection of preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games.
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