WOULD-BE trouble makers in Shanghai during the Olympic Games period take
note - there's a very good chance you will be captured on film at city police
stations.
Apart from the city's normal surveillance system, cameras
and black boxes will be installed on about 1,600 buses on 68 routes around
Shanghai Stadium by August 3 to prepare for the Olympic soccer events the city
is hosting.
The matches, nine for men and three for women, are
scheduled to be held from August 7 to 21.
The cameras will provide
footage of every part of a bus.
Officials with the Shanghai Urban
Transport Management Bureau said yesterday that the bus-camera initiative would
improve its ability to respond to emergencies.
Other safety measures,
including alarm systems, a survival guide and automatic fire-extinguishers for
bus engines were also being considered, they said.
The Dazhong
Transportation group has already installed cameras at four bus-parking lots and
arranged guards around the clock at its fuel depot.
The company said
it would try to complete the installation on more than 340 buses running near
Olympic venues before August 3.
"Four cameras will be installed in
each corner of a bus to ensure there is no blind area," said Zhang Zuoping, a
Dazhong company official.
The Shanghai Public Security Bureau said
yesterday it would reward people who provided information relating to serious
breaches of security during the soccer events, such as Falun Gong gatherings and
domestic and foreign terrorist activities.
Rewards would range from
10,000 yuan (US$1,464) to 500,000 yuan, bureau authorities said.
As
Games spectators must pass stringent safety checks before entering the stadium,
police yesterday reminded people to arrive early.
They also suggested
spectators travel to the Games by public transport as many roads around the
stadium would be closed.
To ensure safety, the Shanghai Stadium has been shut since last Sunday. No
person or vehicle can enter the stadium without providing valid
credentials.
From now until August 25, the city will stop the
production, transport and sale of explosives and radioactive
products.
And up until September 1, no individual or institute is
permitted to fly small aircraft for promotional reasons, city officials
said. |
