Donation promises yet to materialize<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Common fund-raising practices might be applied
\nshould the funds garnered from around 50 prominent businessmen
\nprove inadequate to finance the preparations of the national team
\nfor the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Thailand.<\/p>\n
"We might sell endorsements or other reciprocal financing
\npackages such as broadcasting rights," tycoon Sudwikatmono, who
\ncoordinates the businessmen under the National Sports Council
\n(KONI)'s fund-raising body called special staff, told The Jakarta
\nPost yesterday.<\/p>\n
Sudwikatmono said the businessmen have committed to providing
\nKONI with cash funds but none of them have so far mentioned how
\nmuch they will provide.<\/p>\n
"We are still looking for the right time to gather all of
\nthem, for instance at a gala dinner, during which they would be
\nrequired to say how much they want to donate," he said. KONI
\nneeds Rp 15 billion (US$6.8 million) to finance the national
\nteam's preparations for the Chiang Mai Games.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, M. Hindarto, KONI's chief in charge of athletes'
\ndevelopment, told reporters yesterday he was concerned that the
\nBadminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) might have to field the
\nsame shuttlers at the world Grand Prix finals, slated for Dec.
\n13-17 in Bangkok, and also at the SEA Games slated for Dec. 9-17.<\/p>\n
"Thailand, the host of both events, has deliberately arranged
\nsuch an overlapping schedule to make it difficult for our
\nathletes to reach peak performance," Hindarto said.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said KONI has carefully timed the athletes' biorhythm
\nto achieve peak performance at the Games. The Grand Prix finals,
\nhowever, is by no means less important because it serves as a
\nqualifying round for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.<\/p>\n
"Let PBSI solve this problem," he said.<\/p>\n
He added KONI has not yet decided which national athletes it
\nwill field at the Chiang Mai SEA Games. Previously, on Mar. 8,
\nKONI registered with the Games organizer that it will take part
\nin 27 sports.<\/p>\n
"By the end of August, our athletes will have finished their
\ncentralized training programs as well as their tryouts and the
\nnational team should have been formed," Hindarto said. He added
\nthat KONI will register the athletes' names in early November.
\n(arf)<\/p>",
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