Excellent sports coverage<\/p>\n
First of all, congratulations to The Jakarta Post on its fine
\ncoverage of the recently concluded 13th Asian Games in Bangkok.
\nThe events were, thankfully, almost wholly drug-free, and the
\nThais did a great job as hosts, despite the current Asian
\nrecession.<\/p>\n
Second, I believe it's about time the Post's hard working
\njournalists received credit for their efforts. Special thanks to
\nyour reporter Ms. Primastuti Handayani, who covered the games
\ndirectly, and also your sports editors, who often made up
\nattractive headlines (Flying Koji Ito is Asia's new fastest man,
\nDec. 14).<\/p>\n
Ms. Handayani's reports from Bangkok compensated for the fact
\nthat your regular news sources, the international wire services,
\nhardly ever focus on individual achievements by athletes from
\nnations considered lesser sporting powers. One wonders how many
\nsmall countries which manage to win a single gold medal, for
\nexample, have the event covered in its local newspapers. Some
\nnational presses cannot afford to send journalists to
\ninternational events like the Asian Games.<\/p>\n
I read every article concerning Indonesian athletes and also
\nfollowed the Games as a whole in your newspaper. The roundup
\nfeatured on Indonesia's gold-medal winners in your Dec. 21 issue
\nwas superb. Although we can find information on our sports
\nfigures' exploits through the Indonesian-language press, too, The
\nJakarta Post's concise reporting and editing is far preferable to
\nthe long-windedness you often encounter here. Well done, Post.<\/p>\n
After the bouquets must come a (tiny?) brickbat. Looking at
\nthe boxed results of events one day, I was surprised that you
\nwere reporting on \"The ASEAN Games!\"<\/p>\n
FARID BASKORO<\/p>\n
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