Low-fare Olympic tickets for students
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-14 08:48 Beijing organisers will provide students with some
low-fare tickets in order to better promote the Olympic Movement among the
youngsters, local report said on Saturday.
Wang Hui, vice executive
director of media and communication department of the Beijing organising
committee, said that they are considering putting names on the low-price tickets
which students need to get by producing identifications.
She added that the low price of tickets do not mean the seats are unfavorable
for watching competition.
"All the seats of Olympic venues have been designed scientifically, and the
view of any ticket holder will not be hindered,"she was quoted as saying by
Beijing Youth Daily.
There are a total of 7 million tickets for the competition of the 2008
Olympics, whose sales are expected to start from early next year, Wang
added.
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