国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Make me your Homepage
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

Rio 2016 vows to avoid subsidies despite rising costs

Updated: 2014-01-24 11:08
( Xinhua)

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Rio 2016 Olympic organizing committee has vowed to avoid seeking public funds despite a 25 percent rise in its operating budget to about seven billion reais (2.91 billion US dollars).

In a press conference on Thursday, Rio officials blamed higher costs on inflation and new sports on the Olympic program.

"(We) have undertaken a line-by-line critical analysis of the budget, to balance known spending commitments and be able to meet new obligations as they arise," the organizing committee's CEO Sidney Levy said.

"We are striving to achieve a zero contribution of public funds to the committee."

Rio's original budget, announced when the city was awarded the Games in September 2009, was 5.6 billion reais.

A month later the International Olympic Committee (IOC) added rugby sevens and golf to the Olympic program.

According to Rio officials the the majority of the budget has been backed by sponsors, ticket sales, licensing and an IOC grant.

The initial figure included donations of 1.4 billion reais in public funds.

"There was a negotiation process with the government and they signed off our budget," Rio 2016's chief operating officer Leo Gryner told reporters.

"They said, 'OK, this is a good use for the seven billion reais you raised. You are going to spend that. Everything else will be covered by us.'"

According to government data, inflation rose 5.91 percent in Brazil last year. The Brazilian reai has lost 27 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar in the past four years.

The use of public money for the Olympics and this year's FIFA World Cup has touched a raw nerve with many Brazilians.

Nationwide anti-government protests that began during the FIFA Confederations Cup last June have continued in major cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Demonstrators have voiced their concern that billions of dollars are being spent on stadiums instead of vital services like education, health and transport.

8.03K
 
...
随州市| 剑阁县| 江油市| 图木舒克市| 泰安市| 赣榆县| 丹东市| 元氏县| 昆明市| 五莲县| 陵川县| 边坝县| 嘉祥县| 新沂市| 岐山县| 荥阳市| 镶黄旗| 西安市| 磐安县| 通州区| 永川市| 太仓市| 沐川县| 固镇县| 南部县| 黄石市| 花莲县| 电白县| 凌源市| 德江县| 张家川| 泸定县| 甘孜| 芜湖县| 巴塘县| 安泽县| 湘阴县| 定日县| 伊金霍洛旗| 九龙县| 玉屏|