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beijing organisers used sunday's 200-day countdown to the 2008 games to show off the uniforms their olympic staff will be wearing this august. the latest olympic ceremony was held at beijing's rennin university of china and televised live across the country. volunteers at the 2008 olympic and paralympic games will wear blue uniforms, red for organising committee members and grey for the technical officials. and as the 29th summer games draw ever closer, with the official olympic countdown clock passing the 200 day-mark, the excitement in the city is building. soundbite: (mandarin) "we are 200 days away from the olympic games now and i am planning to take photos of the countdown clock and beijing from today till the opening ceremony, to show the interest of the people in beijing in the olympics." supercaption: mr hu, beijing citizen. also on sunday, popular hong kong artist emil chau was presented as the writer and singer of the official 2008 olympic volunteers' song 'i'm a star.' beijing organisers are aware, though, the crucial preparations for their olympics are out in the city. with seven months to go, emphasis is now on the ongoing construction of the national stadium and on meeting the pollution and traffic targets.