A man walks past a promotional stand for the Beijing 2008
Olympics at the 15th Asian Games' main media centre in Doha December 3,
2006.[Reuters]
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Beijing 2008 mascots and posters,
the Games official magazine, the Olympic-themed postcards, as well as DVDs
publicizing the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, are attracting the attention
of journalists covering the Doha Asian Games.
Visitors to the Games talked with Beijing 2008 staff and ¡°swarmed¡± the
exhibits.
The BOCOG information desk opened on December 2 and is seen as an effective
communication facility to introduce preparations for the Beijing 2008 Games.
Meanwhile Beijing is tightening control on the storage and safe handling of
guns and ammunition, explosives, and radioactive materials, to ensure a safe
2008 Olympics, said Beijing¡¯s police chief Tuesday.
Beijing will no longer approve commercial shooting ranges and hunting ranges
and sports authorities are required to reduce the number of shooting ranges for
training purposes and cut down the number of guns, said Ma Zhenchuan, director
of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Also museums and exhibition halls that fail to safely display weapons must
remove them, said Ma.
