The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG)
has been praised by an international anti-corruption organization
for its supervision committee overseeing all Games construction
projects in an attempt to keep the 2008 Olympiad
corruption-free.
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An official from Transparency International, an anti-corruption
organization, hailed the new BOCOG selection criteria for companies
taking on construction projects as "very impressive", according to
Outlook Weekly magazine.
In deciding which company will be awarded an Olympic project
construction contract, the committee randomly and electronically
selects several experts from the available pool, the article
said.
In addition, all accounts relating to Olympic projects are
thoroughly examined twice a week, the article said.
The procedures are stricter than those in some Western
countries, an unnamed official told the magazine.
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(Xinhua News Agency December 1, 2006)