No repeat of Beijing banner ban at 2010 Games
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Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada are not likely to follow the lead of China, which banned spectators from bringing banners to the Summer Games in Beijing, officials said on Wednesday.
Beijing unveiled "house rules" this week for spectators coming to next month's Games, prohibiting all banners, even if they do not contravene rules forbidding the airing of political or religious views at Olympic venues.
Vancouver does not expect to do that for the Winter Games in Canada, said John Furlong, chief executive of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).
"Clearly, what we will be trying to do is to live up to the promise that we gave many years ago that the Games of Vancouver 2010 will be about sport and celebration," he told reporters following VANOC's regular board meeting.
Beijing unveiled "house rules" this week for spectators coming to next month's Games, prohibiting all banners, even if they do not contravene rules forbidding the airing of political or religious views at Olympic venues.
Vancouver does not expect to do that for the Winter Games in Canada, said John Furlong, chief executive of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).
"Clearly, what we will be trying to do is to live up to the promise that we gave many years ago that the Games of Vancouver 2010 will be about sport and celebration," he told reporters following VANOC's regular board meeting.
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