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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.