The East Asian Youth Games will be held in Ulaanbaatar on August 16-23. Of the nine National Olympic Committees in East Asia, seven will participate in the Games. Specifically, more than 1600 people, including 808 athletes, 226 coaches, 123 representatives of technical and referees appointed by Asian sports federations, 191 local referees and technical staff, will participate. Preparations for the competition have been completed and will start tomorrow with a boxing match. More than 1000 volunteers are working on the Games and more than 400 artists are working at the opening. The opening ceremony will be held tomorrow, August 16, at 20:23 at the Central Stadium.

At the end of the regular meeting, the Governor of the capital city and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar D.Sumiyabazar gave the following tasks:

• To increase and intensify the garbage, cleaning and transportation of public streets and roads and in residential areas and camping areas;
• To intensify the road repair on the streets of residential and ger areas through investments, and to work to monitor and ensure the safety of the environment;
• In connection with the increase in traffic, to create conditions for free movement of public transport services on the first lane of the road, to improve the monitoring of number restrictions, and to work on regular monitoring of implementation;
• To ensure the safety of general education schools and kindergartens, to check the operation of surveillance cameras, and to intensify comprehensive measures to prevent children from risks;
• To organize an extended fair for the new academic year, to ensure environmental safety and traffic regulation, and to monitor.

MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF THE CAPITAL CITY