By IANS
Wuhan (China) : Nearly a hundred Beijing Olympics volunteers are serving in China’s City Games to enhance their skills as a rehearsal for the 2008 Games, reports Xinhua.
Wearing blue uniforms with nameplates, these special volunteers work in the press centre, the official website and security team.
“It is a good chance for them to learn how to solve the problems and how to deal with accidents. It is more effective than the training courses in Beijing,” Beijing Volunteering Association deputy secretary-general Yang Bin said.
Yang told Xinhua that about 100 Beijing Olympics volunteers had served in several sports events, including the Doha Asian Games, the Special Olympic Games and a series of the test events for the Beijing Games.
“After the City Games, they will give lectures to other volunteers in universities in Beijing and share their experiences,” added Yang.
All of the Beijing Olympics volunteers in the City Games come from the universities and colleges in the Chinese capital.
Wang Wei Ning, studying in the Beijing Technology University, told Xinhua that there were about 400 Olympics volunteers in her university alone.
“I will go back to Beijing as soon as the City Games are over, because I am going to do some volunteer work in the Olympic judo test event,” she said.
So far, a total of 870 people have been selected as the first batch of volunteers for the 2008 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
More then 700,000 people have applied to be volunteers for the Beijing Games, which need 100,000 volunteers. Recruitment is expected to end by May 2008.