From 1995 to 2014 he was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and during that time he served on a number of IOC commissions.
Tan was fluent in English and Chinese, Hayakawa added, and possessed a detailed knowledge of the workings of the IOC, which at the time appeared to be leaning towards Istanbul as the venue for the 2020 Games.
It would be the first time the IOC would face that hurdle, said UC Riverside professor and Olympics expert Tom Scanlon.
All four finalist cities will be making presentations before the full IOC, one at a time, on Wednesday, June 17.
At the same time, the IOC has known that China's website policies would be a problem all along and informally sought to manage change.
In 1960, Robert Shaplen, in his article on Brundage for The New Yorker, noted that Brundage, during his travels as IOC president, always found time to visit art dealers, and stated that the collection was valued at $15 million.
It is time that the IOC lives up to the values declared in the Olympic Charter," said Ignacio Parker, secretary general of Terre des Hommes.
Since the time the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Beijing as host city, on July 13 , 2001 China had invested huge sums of money in urban renewal, expanded infrastructure, and construction of Olympic facilities in the seven cities.
Abe, who will make Tokyo's final pitch in the city's bid to host the 2020 Olympics at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aries this weekend, added: "I will be explaining to the IOC that in seven years' time, 2020, it will not be a problem at all".
But it's time for the IOC to follow suit.
The IOC will probably have an easier time in Tokyo," he said.
