Beijing Olympic Flame arrives in Sanya (updated)
SANYA, Hainan, May 3, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
The chartered plane carrying
the Beijing Olympic Flame landed at Sanya Fenghuang International
Airport from Macao at 10:35 p.m. on Saturday.
Luo Baoming, governor of Hainan Province, received the sacred
flame from the Executive Vice President of the Beijing Olympic
Organizing Committee Yang Shu'an.
The arrival of the Olypmic Flame will ignite the enthusiam of
all the citizens and Sanya will develop the Olympic spirit and
promote the internationalization process of the city, said Lu
Zhiyuan, mayor of the Sanya city.
The Olympic torch relay will kick off on May 4 in the Fire
Phoenix Square of Phoenix Island. A total of 208 torchbearers will
run through the 30.09 kilometers route that will end at the senic
spot of Tianya Haijiao, passing the Crown of Beauty Center, Haiyue
Square of Sanya Gulf and Haihong Square.
After Sanya, the Olympic Flame will head to Wuzhishan, another
city of Hainan Province.
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