Preparatory Work for China's Fourth Farmers Games Under Way ����Preparatory work for the Fourth Farmers' Games of China to be held in Mianyang, Sichuan Province in 2000 is now under way. The race events have already been decided. To control the size of the Games, some exhibition events have been summarily called off. Dragon-boat race, popular in southern China, has become a new additional item to all the events listed. The principle for arrangement of events is to make the events more close to rural customs of the country folk. Mianyang being the host city is now issuing lottery and busying with the construction of race fields and gymnasiums. Fund raising and mascot recruiting for the Games are also under way. SportsNews 1999-01-29 Page8 Full Story in Chinese