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| | Kazakhstan News Bulletin, January 20, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The government of Kazakhstan and the city of Almaty are bringing serious resources to bear to prepare the city for the 2011 VII Asian Winter Games, awarded to Almaty last year. |
 | | Almaty’s Akim (Mayor) Imangali Tasmagambetov said there are plans to invest close to US$1 billion to prepare Almaty for the 2011 Asian games. |
 | | To prepare Almaty for 2011, a major construction drive will sweep the city, including building a new 20,000-seat ice rink, a new ice stadium with a 400-meter skating track, cross country skiing and biathlon stadiums, a new mountain skiing base, K-90 and K-120 standard ski jumps with 20,000 sets as well as a bobsled track. |
| www.kazakhembus.com /012006.html (2060 words) |
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