IOC chief satisfied with Beijing's preparations for Olympics

    SINGAPORE, April 5 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge on Saturday voiced his satisfaction with what China has done for the Beijing Olympic Games in August this year.

    "We are happy with the state of the preparations in Beijing. We just had the visit to Beijing by the IOC Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games led by Hein Verbruggen. We now just have 127 or 128 days before the Beijing Olympic games, we arepleased for what the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG) has done," Rogge told Xinhua at a press conference here on Saturday.

    Rogge stressed that the Beijing Olympic Games will be one of the best in the world and the IOC does not support the idea by someone to boycott the August Olympic Games.

    Earlier in the day, Rogge also said at a dialogue session at a local junior college that the air pollution in the Chinese capital presents no danger to the health of athletes competing in the Olympics.

    Rogge, who arrived here on Friday night for a three-day visit to check on how the city state is preparing for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, also witnessed with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a signing ceremony for the host city contract.