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Air will be cleaner

AFP, Beijing
New Beijing driving restrictions starting this weekend will help provide clean air for Olympic athletes compet-ing at next month's Games,
the organising committee said Wednesday.
Poor air quality in China's capital remains a major concern, with a thick industrial haze still cloaking Beijing on most days less than a month before the August 8-24 Games kicks off.
Beginning on Sunday, Beijing will order more than one million cars off the road in a scheme to curb traffic congestion and remove the biggest source of air pollution --the city's 3.3 million vehicles.
"We are not 100 percent satisfied with the air quality at the moment,' said Sun Weide, spokesman for the Beijing Olympic organ ising committee. "So that's why we have the contingency plans (such as the car ban).
"The contingency measures are very important to ensure clean air forathletesduringtheGam.es."
Sun said air quality had improved in Beijing steadily over the past nine years as part of a 140 billion yuan (20 billion dollar) environmental clean-up launched in 1998 that included more than 200 measures
All air quality indicators were now at acceptable international standards except for particulate matter, the fine dust particles that irritate the respiratory organs and mainly originate from car exhaust, he said
The International Organising
Committee had previously urged Beijing organisers to take contingency measures, including the car ban, shutting down polluting industries and closing building sites during the Games to improve air quality.
However, IOC head Jacques Rogge warned last year that poor air quality remained an issue and could result in the suspension of some Olympic events.
Sun said more than one million
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vehicles would be removed from the roads over three months from July 20 to September 20.
"So I think we are confident that we can provide clean air for the athletes during the Gamas. I think there is no need for them to worry about the quality of air during the Games," he said.