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ANCIENT OLYMPIA Kwadwo Asamoah Juventus Jersey , Greece, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea is ready to give the world great Winter Olympic Games in February 2018, President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) Lee Hee-beom said on Monday from ancient Olympia in western Greece, the birthplace of the Games.

"We are ready to welcome the world," he told a press briefing here Juan Cuadrado Juventus Jersey , after the dress rehearsal of the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame which will be burning for the PyeongChang Games was successfully held on the site which hosted the first Olympics 2,500 years ago.

All venues are complete and hosts are set to deliver successful Games on Feb. 9-25, he said.

PyeongChang Winter Olympic Organizing Committee's vision is opening new horizons, and cross border cooperation to promote the ideals of the Games is essential, the South Korean delegation stressed.

As Beijing will host the next Winter Olympics in 2022 Joao Cancelo Juventus Jersey , POCOG is already cooperating with Chinese officials to exchange knowhow, Lee told Xinhua.

"Olympic Games is not only a sports event, but also a culture event and an event of technology... We can share our experience... We are sharing steps... We will work together to share experience," he said.

"In terms of working together we are already working very closely together," Kim Jae-youl Gonzalo Higuain Juventus Jersey , executive vice president of the POCOG, stressed, adding that for the host countries the Games represent a great opportunity to develop winter sports.

Greek cross-country skier and biathlon athlete Apostolos Angelis who was chosen as the first torchbearer also expressed hope that more people will get inspired to take up sports and discover how they bring people closer.

Angelis has been a torchbearer in the past for the Sochi and the Vancouver Winter Olympics, but on Tuesday when the official flame lighting ceremony will be conducted at Olympia, it will be the first time he will lead the torch relay.

"The moment is unique. It is so different when you carry the Flame at your home Giorgio Chiellini Juventus Jersey ," he told Xinhua. after Monday's rehearsal inside the ancient stadium where he received the Flame from Greek actress Katerina Lehou playing the role of an ancient High Priestess.

Using the rays of the sun, Lehou lit the torch out of a parabolic mirror praying to the Gods to bring peace to the world and help the South Korean city host successful Games.

The torch relay across Greece will end when Greek organizers will pass the flame to the South Korean delegation in a handover ceremony at the Panathinaic Stadium in Athens on Oct. 31.

SINGAPORE, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Singapore shares closed 1.17 percent higher on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off concerns over Chinese economic data and tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The CaixinMarkit services purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China dropped to 51.6 in June, from 52.8 in May. Investors were waiting for the minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting due later in the day which could provide some impetus.

Maybank Kim Eng Research said "technically Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Jersey , the Straits Times Index is still range-bound but could test its immediate support at 3,190 points after breaching below its 50-day moving average. Its topside resistance remains at 3,275 points."

Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index rose 37.54 points to 3,248.71 points. Trading volume was 2.62 billion shares worth 1.15 billion Singapore dollars. Advancers outnumbered decliners 301 to 150.

CapitaLand rose 0.5 percent to 3.82 Singapore dollars. Its wholly owned serviced residence business, The Ascott Limited Federico Bernardeschi Juventus Jersey , is acquiring an additional 60 percent in Quest Apartment Hotels for 180 million Australian dollars. This will increase its stake in Quest from the current 20 percent to 80 percent, making Ascott the largest serviced residence provider in Australasia. The acquisition will boost Ascott's portfolio by over 11,000 units to more than 67,000 units across 507 properties and 124 cities globally.

Sanli Environmental jumped 8.2 percent to 33 Singapore cents. It announced it has secured four new contracts worth a total of 26 million Singapore dollars. The contracts consisted of a series of engineering, procurement and construction as well as operations and maintenance projects in the public and private sectors. Its current order book now stands at 125.1 million Singapore dollars.

Among the top gainers Fabrizio Caligara Juventus Jersey , Great Eastern Holdings rose 0.9 percent to 24.50 Singapore dollars, whereas Venture Corporation became one of the top losers by falling 0.5 percent to 11.83 Singapore dollars. (1 U.S. dollar equals to 1.32 Australian dollars and 1.38 Singapore dollars)

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