More than 5,000 tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were
booked this morning, China Central Television said today.
The second round of booking Olypmic tickets started today with
about 1.85 million tickets up for sale.
"The tickets will be sold on a 'first-come, first-served' basis
in this stage," Rong Jun, head of the Beijing Organizing Committee
for the Olympic Games, said on Saturday.
An official with the BOCOG
in charge of the tickets sale, Rong Jun, explains the Olympic
ticket sale policy. [Photo: beijing2008.cn]
Orders from Chinese mainland residents and foreigners living on
the Chinese?mainland can be processed on the Website
www.tickets.Beijing2008.cn, at 1,000 designated domestic Bank of
China branches or by phoning 95-2008.
Rong said that each person is allowed to buy a maximum of 50
tickets, but there is a limit of two tickets for high-demand
events.
(Shanghai Daily October 30, 2007)
