Residents voices
It was very exciting to watch the torch relay in Shenzhen. I think activities like this help to promote Shenzhen on an international level. I hope Shenzhen can achieve great things with the Universiade next year.
Jason Lupo, Canadian, 36, accounting manager
I m very proud that my colleague Lu Xiangping was one of the 80 torchbearers in Shenzhen, so we all came down here today to celebrate the moment with her. We hope that more migrant workers like us can have a chance to be a part of it.
Lin Lirong, Chinese, 24, conductor for Shenzhen Bus Group
It was an exciting thing to watch the relay with all my friends and classmates, particularly when the torch passed by. We prepared flags, T-shirts and trumpets, and screamed loudly throughout!
Luo Qiufang, Chinese, 19, student
Torchbearers voices
It s a great honor to be the only foreigner among the 80 torchbearers and I enjoyed every minute of it. I also brought my wife and child from Hong Kong to witness this historic moment in my life.
Kaul Dharmendra, 37, manager from Vodafone Global Enterprise Ltd. in Hong Kong
I was very proud and excited to be one of the four migrant worker torchbearers in Shenzhen. I hope my performance today represented the spirit of all the migrant workers in Shenzhen.
Zhang Qingqing, 22, worker from Foxconn
Today has been a very special day for me: not only was it my big day as a torchbearer but it s also my birthday on the lunar calendar. It was a great birthday present and I ll never forget it.
Lu Xiangping, 25, conductor for Shenzhen Bus Group
I am very proud that I could be the youngest torchbearer today, representing all the middle school students in the city.
Yang Zi, 17, student from Shenzhen Middle School
Asiad champion proud to be 1st runner
Li Hao
FOR Liu Gang, an Asian Games rifle shooting champion, being the first runner of the torch relay was like competing in an international competition.
Liu arrived at the starting line early before the relay started, repeatedly practicing how to present a perfect start.
Wearing a confident smile, Liu warmed up and took deep breaths, shaking his head at reporters eager to throw him a question.
I feel excited and proud to be the first runner, Liu said, after running 100 meters of the relay.
The torch relay will be the most wonderful memory in my life, Liu smiled.
A Shenzhen athlete, Liu was eliminated in the qualifiers for the Guangzhou Asian Games.
Great honor for renowned educator
Wang Yuanyuan
ZHU QINGSHI, founding president of the South University of Science and Technology of China in Shenzhen, said he was very proud and excited to be the 80th torchbearer in Shenzhen yesterday, and that it was a great honor to be the last bearer in the Shenzhen leg.
Zhu was also the Olympic torchbearer in Hefei, Anhui Province, for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. I was so excited on both occasions. Today I felt it was not just me but all my colleagues at the university finishing the 100 meters together, he said.
