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Admission tickets discounted for 60 sights during Asian Games holidays

laozeng — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:02:51 +0000

A total of 205 parks in GuangZhou will be open to the public free of charge, and parks charging admission fees will offer discounts during the Asian Games. People who have no tickets to the Asian Games will visit the parks during the Asian Games holidays for relaxation. On November 12 to 14 and December 12 and 13, 60 tourist sights in Guangzhou which charge admission fees will offer discounts as well.

Admission tickets will be offered at 20 percent discount at 36 tourist sights, including the Chimelong Paradise, Xiangjiang Safari Park, Baiwankuiyuan Garden, Baishuizhai, Huang Daxian Temple, Six Banyan Temple, and Guangxiao Temple. Admission tickets will be 25 percent discounted for the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King and 40 percent discounted for the Southern china Botanical Garden and Shimen National Forest Park. And half-price concessions will be offered by 12 tourist sights, including the Space Wonder, Guangzhou Science Centre, and Xiangshui Gorge Scenic Area. Visitors are required to show their ID cards, local residency registrations or residence permits to purchase tickets at discounts.

The lists of programs released by the major tourist sights throughout the city indicate that a vast variety of gardening shows will be staged during the Asian Games. A top-end international bonsai exhibition will be held, and the “Seven-color Flower Field” animated fairyland will be staged. A number of Asian plateau animals, including condors, vultures and yaks, as well as giant pandas, will be showcased. Most tourist attractions will offer admission ticket discounts ranging from 50 percent to 80 percent, with the lowest admission ticket priced at merely one Yuan.

29th OCA General Assembly convenes on November 13

laozeng — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:59:20 +0000

The 29th General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) was held at the Garden Hotel, GuangZhou on Saturday (November 13).

Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA); Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC); Liu Peng, Minister of the General Administration of Sport of china (GASC), President of the chinese Olympic Committee and President of the Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC); Yu Zaiqing, Vice Minister of the GASC and Vice President of the OCA and Zhang Guangning, Vice President and Secretary General of GAGOC attended this Assembly. Also present were all OCA Executive Board members, and over 300 representatives of NOCs from Asian countries and regions, Olympic Solidarity and a number of organising committees governed by the OCA.

Concerted praises were shown for the Opening Ceremony, which was considered a success. During the event, OCA Merit Awards were given to Mr Yu and Zhang to honour their contributions to welcome the 16th Asian Games by OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, IOC President Jacques Rogge and Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Peng.

The 29th OCA General Assembly is held on November 13.

OCA President expressed his gratitude to Guangzhou’s efforts in the past seven years, and hailed the Opening Ceremony as the best one in Asian Games history. He commented that the success of this Games couldn’t go without the support of all organisations present, calling for their continuous support.

IOC President Jacques Rogge regarded the Opening Ceremony as a top-notch one, commented that right now the IOC and OCA have the best relation of all times and will go on to strengthen mutual support and collaboration to promote Olympic spirits.

Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Peng also expressed his appreciation and said this Asian Games will contribute greatly to the fostering of peace and prosperity in Asia.

Mr Zhang reported that all preparatory efforts have been put in place and consistent endeavour will be made to ensure the smooth and safe running of all competitions. Zhang said, the Asian Games would not only be a pageant of sports, but also a feast of cultures. In the mean time, Zhang wished all delegations excellent results in the Games.

Six candidates selected to ignite Asian Games flame

laozeng — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:44:48 +0000

The GuangZhou Asian Games Organsing Committee (GAGOC) announced Friday the start of a selection contest at Guangdong TV Station and 28 young ladies chosen across the country vied for six berths who are eligible to receive trainings ahead of the Games and become the final ones to perform the flame-lighting ceremony of the 16th edition of the Asian Games.

As informed, the event was organised by the Torch Relay operation team under GAGOC, All-china Students Federation, Guangdong Provincial Committee of Communist Youth League of China and Students Federation of Guangdong Provcince.

After rounds of selections, each province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the central government within China sent one student from each region respectively to participate in the Friday competition.

At the selection contest held on September 17

Competition segments included the costume presentation, guesture presentation and quick questions & answensers on the Asian Games and Asian Games flame from the evaluation panel. Six candidates were shortlisted and they were Wei Xueyang from Hubei Province; Tang Lu from Jilin Province; Chen Xi from Guangdong Province; Yang Chan from Shanghai; Kang Chenchen from Yunan Province and Chu Xiuman from Shanxi Province.

The six candidates will attend trainings courses in Beijing ahead of the Games. Only after the training will finalists be selected to ignite the Asian Games flame at the lighting ceremony for the 16th Asian Games.

Guangzhou citizens mobilised for Asian Games

laozeng — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:45 +0000

GuangZhou held a mobilisation conference for the 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou Gymnasium on Tuesday (August 24) when the Games was just 80 days to go.

Zhang Guangning, Member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of china (CPC) and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC, addressed the conference and required the entire city to make every effort to ensure a successful Asian Games and carry out its commitments to all chinese people and the international community. Mr Zhang also serves as Vice President of Secretary General of the Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC).

Guangzhou citizens mobilised for Asian Games

Wan Qingliang, Deputy Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC, Mayor of Guangzhou Municipality and Vice President of GAGOC, officiated at the conference, which was attended by more than 10,000 people, including GAGOC staff, government officials of municipal, district and county levels and representatives from various social sectors.

The representatives made pledges to serve the Games on their own positions and contribute to a sporting gala that will be remembered for its security and low-carbon operations as well as the hospitality and civilised behaviour of its hosts.

A visit to training camp of Games ceremonial volunteers

laozeng — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:16:42 +0000

The GuangZhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC) kicked off a visit on August 20 to the training camp for ceremonial volunteers of the Guangzhou Asian Games who are currently receiving intensive trainings at the Shunde campus of Southern Medical University, South china’s Guangdong Province.

The tour was organised by Games Communication & Promotion Department of GAGOC and covered by the Official Website of the Guangzhou Asian Games, Official Magazine of the Games, Guangzhou Daily, Sports Channel of Guangzhou Television, Videoland Television Network from Taiwan and Southern Metropolis Daily.

A visit to training camp of Games ceremonial volunteers

There are 550 ceremonial volunteers of the Guangzhou Asian Games attending the training camp, among whom 380 will be selected to offer volunteering services for awarding ceremonies of the Games’ 476 events.

The training camp includes the military training, etiquette training, English conversation skills, figure training, knowledge of Games sports events and rehearsals for victory ceremonies.

Guangzhou Asian Games ticket designs unveiled

laozeng — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:35:14 +0000

Tickets of the 16th Asian Games will feature Games Mascots, the Five-Ram Sculpture of GuangZhou and kapok flowers, highlighting local Lingnan elements of South china.

The Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC) held a press conference on Wednesday (August 18) to unveil the prototype ticket images for the Opening & Closing Ceremonies and sports competitions of the Games. The organisers also briefed reporters on the ticket sales for the Opening & Closing Ceremonies of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games.

The tickets reflect both the Asian Games spirit and distinctive features of Guangzhou with patterns such as the Games Mascots and important symbols of Guangzhou – the Five-Ram Sculpture and kapok flowers, for example – and core graphics as the backdrop.

According to Yuan Yue, Director of the Main Ticketing Centre of GAGOC, there are designs for five categories of Guangzhou 2010 tickets, including the tickets for the Opening Ceremony, the Closing Ceremony, accredited personnel and ordinary spectators as well as thermal tickets. Among them, the first four are commemorative tickets that are produced beforehand – the tickets booked by the public in Phase I and II (launched in May and July 2010 respectively) ticket sales are all commemorative ones; thermal tickets will be available in the phase of real-time ticket sales, produced by thermal printers upon purchase.

The 2010 Asian Games tickets will have a variety of anti-counterfeiting security features such as microprinting, the OVI (optically variable ink), the dual-polarisation liquid crystal ink, the three-colour luminescent ink and the DMC (dynamic model certification) automatic identification technology, for which the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation owns a patent. It will be the first time that the DMC technology is used to prevent counterfeiting of tickets of a major international sporting event.

Meanwhile, Ms Yuan said the second phase ticket sales had gone smoothly between July 26 and August 15 with applications for about 20,000 tickets for the Asian Games Opening & Closing Ceremonies, including 16,000 or so for the Opening Ceremony.

GAGOC will conduct a ticket lottery within a month to select the owners of the 5,000 tickets available for the Asian Games Opening Ceremony. The lottery process will be closely watched by the Guangzhou Notary Public Office and the media. The lottery results will be announced in September. Then GAGOC will send confirmation letters to lottery winners and return payments to other applicants. Since the tickets for the Closing Ceremony of the Asian Games and the Opening & Closing Ceremonies of the Asian Para Games have not been sold out, all applicants for the three ceremonies have won their tickets and will receive confirmation letters before long. The tickets for the Asian Games Opening & Closing Ceremonies will be delivered in October and those for the Asian Para Games Opening & Closing Ceremonies will be delivered in November.

From July 26 to August 15, 5,000 tickets were on sale for the Asian Games Opening Ceremony and another 5,000 for the Closing Ceremony, ranging from RMB1,600 to 6,800; 10,000 tickets were on sale for the Asian Para Games Opening Ceremony and another 10,000 for the Closing Ceremony, ranging from RMB50 to 1,000.

Full operations of Games venues kick off

laozeng — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:32:57 +0000

Venues of the GuangZhou 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games started full operations with a mobilisation conference held at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou on Thursday (August 12).

Yang Shu’an, Vice Minister of the General Administration of Sport of china and Vice President of the Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC), Xu Ruisheng, Vice Mayor of Guangzhou and Executive Deputy Secretary General of GAGOC and the Guangzhou Asian Para Games Organising Committee (GAPGOC), Chen Guo, Vice Mayor of Guangzhou and Deputy Secretary General of GAPGOC, attended the conference and delivered speeches.

The leaders required operation teams for all competition and non-competition venues and all task forces to spare no effort on their positions in the final days before the Games and ensure smooth venue operations in Games time.

Over 3,100 officials and staff members of venue operation teams attended the conference.

Buy Asian Games licensed products in Chongqing

laozeng — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:32:04 +0000

“Open Days” for the GuangZhou Asian Games licensed products is ongoing in Harbour Plaza Hotel in Southwest china’s Chongqing.

“Open Days” not only provides a channel for Guangzhou Asian Games licensed producers and vendors to share knowledge and experience but also a window to promote the Guangzhou Asian Games to local residents in Chongqing.

“Open Days” started on August 12, and will run through August 13. More than 2,000 different types of licensed products in 13 varieties are on sales.

Local residents are welcomed to join the fair on August 13 for shopping and it will be an opportunity for them to experience the Asian Games spirit personally.

(Marketing Department of the Guangzhou Asian games Organising Committee)

GAGOC unveils training base for ceremonial volunteers

laozeng — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:31:38 +0000

The GuangZhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC) announced the Shunde campus of Southern Medical University as a training base for ceremonial volunteers of the 16th Asian Games on Wednesday afternoon in Shunde, South china’s Guangdong Province.

Xu Ruisheng, Executive Deputy Secretary General of GAGOC and Vice Mayor of Guangzhou Municipality, and Zheng Muming, President of Southern Medical University, attended the plaque-awarding ceremony for Southern Medical University on Wednesday, as Xu reiterated the significance of medal presenters at the Games awarding ceremonies.

Ceremonial volunteers at the oath-taking ceremony

Five hundred and fifty ceremonial volunteers of the Guangzhou Asian Games took oaths during the ceremony and pledged to prepare themselves for awarding ceremonies of the Games’ 476 events. Meanwhile, officials from GAGOC Ceremonies & Cultural Events Department and Southern Medical University presented certificates of honour to members of the training team, management team and military training team.

Up till now, trainings for ceremonial volunteers have been right on track.

OCA Athletes’ Committee: Guangzhou Asiad facilities are awesome

laozeng — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:29:56 +0000

The 16th Asian Games, part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), is winning hearts and minds with praise and accolades from former Olympians and athletes across Asia.

The Asian Games are the second largest sports event in the world after the Summer Olympic Games.

You can’t get higher praise than the comments expressed by former Olympian, Ms Yuko Arakida, Chairwoman of the Olympic Council of Asia Athletes’ Committee, when she described the Athletes’ Village in GuangZhou’s Asian Games Town.

The OCA Athletes’ Committee is directed led by Ms Arakida, a 1976 Montreal Olympian and a member of the Gold Medal winning women’s Japanese volleyball team.

During an interview for Asian Games Live! radio show on Radio Guangdong (http://e.rgd.com.cn/) Ms Arakida said, “It was great, fantastic,” adding that “compared to the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, I think it the facilities for the athletes for the Asian Games is much better. There is lots of green and there is a very good environment for the athletes.”

She added that the “rooms were bigger, too and a designated Asian Games traffic lane will significantly reduce the travel time to competition and training venues during the Games. It is also very convenient for Games volunteers because they can walk from the Athletes’ Village to their own quarters.”

Asian Games Town houses the Athletes’ Village, Media Village, Technical Officials’ Village, International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre and more than 6,000 accommodation staff will work at the Town from October 6 – over two weeks before the accommodation service in the Athletes’ Village comes into full operation on October 25.

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