Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

    HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping inspected the equestrian events venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics Sunday afternoon to get firsthand information about Hong Kong's preparations for the Games.

    Xi inspected the racecourses for the equestrian events at the Beas River and Shatin in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

    Following the inspection, Xi was briefed about the preparation work done for the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic equestrian events by Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Donald Tsang and other HKSAR government officials.

    Xi said the HKSAR government has put huge human, material and financial resources into the preparations and has done a lot of effective work to ensure a success of the Olympic equ...

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