The Beijing Olympic Games organizers, the BOCOG,
will conclude the makeup of an emergency plan to trim traffic
during the Games before April 30.
The BOCOG announced the timetable Thursday at an assembly
conference, where it also unveiled that the construction of all
Olympic venues will be completed by that same date.
The details of other emergency plans for the Games, such as
those for environmental protection, will also be ironed out by
then, including those pertaining to trial operations, local
newspaper The Beijing News reported.
The organizing committee will conduct their work in four phases
this year. Besides the first period to make plans and complete
construction of all basic facilities, preparations will be in final
sprint between May 1 and July 27, as reception work for the Games
and the plans for post-Olympics utilization of the venues increase
in priority, the report said.
The command system for the Olympics will be operational
beginning May 1, and staff members at the Games venues are to be in
place before July 27, when the Olympic village opens to the Olympic
participants.
Preparations for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games
are well underway, the organizers said, and the registration of all
performers will soon close.
The BOCOG said it will further cooperate with international
sports organizations to wrap up the organizing work as early as
possible, in terms of fixing competitions dates, registering
athletes and making participants' cards.
The 29th Olympic Games is scheduled to open at 8:00 p.m. on
August 8, a date representing auspice and fortune in Chinese
tradition.
(CRI January 4, 2008)