Staff writer
OSAKA -- Reports out of Hong Kong that Chinese President Jiang Zemin has approved a plan to host the 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Macao and neighboring Guangzhou have been officially denied by local Olympic officials.
"There is no bid on our part, and we have no plans to submit a bid for the 2008 Olympics," Hong Kong Olympic Committee President A de O Sales told The Japan Times.
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