"And you will have fun when we say you can!"
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has advised spectators coming to next month's Olympics to leave their banners at home, even if they do not contravene rules forbidding the airing of political or religious views at venues.
Beijing authorities have long been concerned that its citizens will
take some of the gloss off the August 8-24 Games through bad manners and Monday released its "Spectators House Rules" along with a "Good Habit for a Good Games" campaign.
The rules, which Beijing organizers said were "virtually the same as for the Athens and Sydney Olympics," ban banners and flags larger than two meters by one meter although officials said they would prefer that even smaller signs were not displayed.
"We advise that you do not bring banners of any kind to the Games because we must create a fair play environment for the athletes from all countries," Huang Keying, deputy director of spectator services division at the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), told a news conference.
"The kind of banner with "Go China!" on it would be unfair for athletes from other countries."
The Olympic charter bans "any kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda ... in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."
NO GAMBLING, DRUNKENNESS or STREAKING
The Beijing rules forbid any "display for commercial, religious, political, military purposes, or those for territory, human rights, environmental protection or animal protection" without prior official permission.
Beijing authorities have long been concerned that its citizens will
take some of the gloss off the August 8-24 Games through bad manners and Monday released its "Spectators House Rules" along with a "Good Habit for a Good Games" campaign.The rules, which Beijing organizers said were "virtually the same as for the Athens and Sydney Olympics," ban banners and flags larger than two meters by one meter although officials said they would prefer that even smaller signs were not displayed.
"We advise that you do not bring banners of any kind to the Games because we must create a fair play environment for the athletes from all countries," Huang Keying, deputy director of spectator services division at the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), told a news conference.
"The kind of banner with "Go China!" on it would be unfair for athletes from other countries."
The Olympic charter bans "any kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda ... in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."
NO GAMBLING, DRUNKENNESS or STREAKING
The Beijing rules forbid any "display for commercial, religious, political, military purposes, or those for territory, human rights, environmental protection or animal protection" without prior official permission.
