According to Thursday's People's Daily, Biejing's police will be equipped with four foreign languages to help visitors to the 2008 Olympic Games, the city's police head Ma Zhenchuan said Wednesday.

   He made the remark at a ceremony to donate 10,000 volumes of "Police English" to the police by the local Foreign Languages Press.

   According to Ma, a seven-year foreign-language training program for Beijing police officers is part of the force's preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.

   Police officers will be trained in English, Japanese, Russian and Arabic, to enable them to handle traffic control, safety checks, first aid and other situations, he said.

   "All officers, no matter what their age, job, or rank, will receive foreign-language training," Ma said.