Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

15. Seoul Olympic Youth Camp
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6. Camp participants exchange warm
greetings.
7. Group tours of the competition venues
were popular.
8. A hospital, with ambulance standing by,
was designated to provide health services
for the camp.
9. Young people dressed in traditional
garb for 'Nation's Day Celebration', a folk
culture festival in which 32 teams took
part.
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Reception of participants
There was some confusion over the
entry and exit in and out of the country
by Youth Camp participants because
they were not regarded as Olympic
Family members and therefore no
Olympic IDs were issued to them. The
office of Reception Officer mailed
information on entry procedures and
identification insignia to all NOCs, so
that Youth Camp participants wearing
the insignia could enter through the
airport counters reserved for the
Olympic Family.
The office of Reception Manager of
the Youth Camp Operation Headquarters
operated an airport reception
team and took charge of such duties
as protocol for visiting VIPs, preparation
of invitations to camp programs, service
for invited guests, and welcoming
and seeing off the arriving or departing
participants.
Camp participants entering the country
were led by receptionists to buses at
the airport. They went through brief
entry procedures at the front gate of
the camp, and upon entering were
accorded a brief welcoming ceremony.
Accreditation cards
The participants who had gone
through procedures for entry into the
camp were issued Category-Y accreditation
cards at the Accreditation
Center. The Accreditation Center, with
a floor space of 132 square meters,
located at the entrance of the main
office building, was open 24 hours a day
from September 9 through October 1,
issuing accreditation cards to both
domestic and foreign participants.
Category-Y cards were issued when
the personal data of each participant
had been confirmed to match the input
from his or her application form.
15.2.3
Housing Quarters
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Room allocation
Lodging facilities were divided into
those for delegation chiefs and those
for youth participants. Male and
female participants were assigned
separate housing sections. Rooms
were allocated by country as far as
possible, but international hostility,
religion, customs and lifestyles were
considered as well. Under these principles,
the 17 rooms of the old dormitory
were allotted to delegation chiefs,
and the 60 rooms of the new dormitory
to youth participants.
Also under the principle of separating
men and women, male participants
were housed at the first- and secondfloor
rooms of the new dormitory, and
women were housed on the third floor.
Rooms were allocated in a way that
could foster the friendly atmosphere
among continents and countries, but
the conditions of politics, religion,
languages and climate were also considered.
The housing allocation was
completed by August 31,1988, in
which the opinions of Delegation
Chiefs were reflected as far as they did
not run counter to these aforementioned
principles. Male Delegation
Chiefs were allotted ten of the 17
rooms and female chiefs the remaining
seven. Delegation Chiefs from two to
three countries shared a room. As for
youth participants, 20 rooms on the
first floor and 10 on the second floor
were allocated to male participants,
and three rooms on the second floor
and 20 on the third floor to female
participants.
Korean participants were distributed
equally to all rooms.
Housing management
Housing was managed chiefly through
housing offices. The housing offices,
located near the Delegation Chiefs'
rooms and on each floor of the threestory
new dormitory, played the role of
a bridge between the Camp Operation
Headquarters, and participants.
They handled various requests from
participants, and managed facilities,
supplies and laundry services. The
offices also provided interpretation
services.
Housing offices relayed to the participants
notices and matters requiring
their cooperation from the Operation
Headquarters and conveyed participants'
requests to the Operation
Headquarters and the Housing Officer.
The Housing Quarters Officer supervised
housing management. Housing
management officers were
grouped into three teams, one each for
the housing quarters of male and
female participants and Delegation
Chiefs. Each team was comprised of
Information, Administration and Welfare
Officers.
The Information Officer handled information
and acted on complaints; the
Administration Officer performed liaison
services among various sections and
such administrative works as the
management of the workforce, facilities
and supplies; and the Welfare Officer
was in charge of laundry service,
beautifying the environment, souvenir
exchanges, etc.
The workforce for housing management,
grouped into three teams,
totalled 84, including seven support
personnel, 63 volunteers, two temporary
employees and 12 from service
contractors.
The Cheil Naehwa Co., a building
management contractor, was selected
for cleaning service from September 5
through October 5,1988, taking care of
such chores as the cleaning of rooms,
bed making, cleaning of corridors,
lavatories, showers and washrooms,
garbage removal, and the moving of
laundry goods. Youth participants
were required to clean their rooms
themselves.
Laundry management
The principle of laundry management
was that bedding materials were to be
washed by a commercial laundry firm
under a contract, while personal items
of the participants were to be washed
on a self-service basis. Special laundry
items such as suits were to be done by
outside laundry shops on a payment
basis. The laundry contractor for bedding
materials was the Taerim Laundry
Co., which during the camp period
washed a total of 11,692 bed sheets,
5,848 pillow covers, 14,620 large towels
and 14,611 small towels.
For self-service laundry by participants,
30 sets of washing machines and
driers were installed in washrooms,
which were taken care of by the welfare
team. The Information Room arranged
the paid laundry of personal items by
outside shops.
Access control
To ensure a safe camp life, access by
unnecessary people to the camp site
was controlled. Those allowed access
to the camp site were limited to 1) AD
card bearers, 2) temporary pass bearers
and 3) those carrying invitation cards
to camp programs. AD card bearers
included camp participants (Y-card
bearers), operation personnel, security
guards and service workers, and other
AD card bearers.
Temporary passes were issued by the
access control officer in accordance
with the required procedures to those
who needed to visit the camp for
specific purposes, and to the bearers
of the cards not authorizing access to
the camp site but who had business in
the camp. Those who carried invitation
cards issued by the Reception Officer
to various camp programs were given
a visitor's insignia at the gate after
their invitations were verified.
Vehicles were allowed into the camp
precincts only when they carried
passes issued by either the SLOOC or
the Camp Operation Headquarters.
Both in and out-bound equipment and
supplies were inspected at the gate.
The access control areas were classified
into the front gate, rear gate,
entrances 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the housing
quarters, main office buildings and the
dining hall. Participants and camp
workers were allowed access to designated
areas only. Access control was
carried out kindly and flexibly in a way
that avoided double inspection.
A total of 55 persons were assigned to
access control, in which 188 pieces of
12 kinds of inspection equipment such
as card screening devices and a
closed-circuit television monitoring
system were used.
During the 24-day period from September
9 to October 2, a cumulative
total of 52,132 persons, including 4,079
visitors who used temporary passes,
entered the camp.