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        "msgid": "13-foreign-players-to-join-kosgoro-table-tennis-meet-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-08-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "13 foreign players to join Kosgoro table tennis meet",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "13 foreign players to join Kosgoro table tennis meet JAKARTA (JP): China's world number five Wang Hao and the 1993 Asian champion Kang Hee-chan of South Korea are among 13 international table-tennis players who will participate in the second Kosgoro Cup at the basketball hall of the Senayan sports complex from Aug. 4 to Aug. 7.",
        "content": "<p>13 foreign players to join Kosgoro table tennis meet<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): China's world number five Wang Hao and the 1993<br>\nAsian champion Kang Hee-chan of South Korea are among 13<br>\ninternational table-tennis players who will participate in the<br>\nsecond Kosgoro Cup at the basketball hall of the Senayan sports<br>\ncomplex from Aug. 4 to Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Ananda Isman, head of the organizing committee, told reporters<br>\nyesterday that the tourney, featuring single and doubles for both<br>\nsexes, will feature ping-pong players from Malaysia, as well as<br>\nSouth Korea and China.<\/p>\n<p>Some 300 local players originating from various clubs<br>\nthroughout the country will also join the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The total prize at stake in the four-day event is Rp 28<br>\nmillion (about US$13,000) which includes a Rp 200,000 ($92) bonus<br>\nfor non-seeded players who manage to overcome the top four seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Ananda also said that young executives from Kosgoro, a<br>\nbusiness organization established by the country's veterans, plan<br>\nto upgrade the tournament to the grand-prix level in the near<br>\nfuture.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have informed the Indonesian Federation of Table Tennis<br>\n(ITTF) about this,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to predict when this goal will be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>\"I can only tell you that next year we will invite more<br>\nforeign players, including those from Europe,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>National coach Leman Effendi was quoted as saying by Antara<br>\nover the weekend that the 12 players prepared for the upcoming<br>\nAsian Games in Hiroshima next October have a good chance to<br>\nsnatch some medals during the event.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have more chances in the doubles,\" Leman said, adding that<br>\nthe Kosgoro Cup will be used as part of ITTF's selection process.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that North Korea's withdrawal from the Asiad has<br>\neased the challenge for the Indonesian players.<\/p>\n<p>\"Of course, China and South Korea are still there,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>The coach also said that the Asiad team will take part in the<br>\nAsian tournament in China on Aug. 22. (hdj)<\/p>",
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