Games organizers spends Rp 60.4b on staging events<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The 19th SEA Games organizing committee has
\nspent nearly Rp 60.4 billion (US$20,117,400) preparing to stage
\nthe event here next month.<\/p>\n
Arief Widodo Tjandrawinata, the organizers' planning and
\nbudget deputy, said yesterday that the organizers expected to
\nreceive Rp 20.7 billion of their budget in September and Rp 23.3
\nbillion in October from the Games consortium, which is chaired by
\nPresident Soeharto's son Bambang Tri Hatmodjo.<\/p>\n
The total budget for the event is Rp 105,661,050,000.<\/p>\n
So far, the organizers have received Rp 40.2 billion.<\/p>\n
Rp 13.3 billion of this comes from sponsorships, Rp 20.55
\nbillion from sticker sales, Rp 675 million from merchandising and
\ncity decorations. There was also a Rp 5.7 billion donation from
\nBimantara cars and the National Private Banks Association.<\/p>\n
The Rp 60.4 billion which has been spent to date includes Rp
\n24.3 billion to the national training program to prepare the
\ncountry's athletes for the biennial event, which starts on Oct.
\n11 and ends on Oct. 19.<\/p>\n
The original budget for training was Rp 35 billion and the
\nconsortium plans to hand it over by the end of this month.<\/p>\n
Arief, known as Okky, said the organizers would have to spend
\nRp 7.8 billion of the total Rp 8.7 billion on sports equipment.<\/p>\n
\"Equipment for the rowing, yachting, and track and field
\nevents is still being held at the port, waiting for the paperwork
\nto be completed,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"We are also waiting for three containers of sound equipment
\nfor the Senayan Main Stadium. We hope we can deliver all
\nequipment by the end of this month.\"<\/p>\n
Okky said the organizers would also have to spend Rp 9.2
\nbillion of the 13.1 billion total budget on other equipment
\nneeded to support the events or to stage the Games.<\/p>\n
Rp 9.2 billion will be used to rent manual electronic scoring
\nboards at a cost of Rp 943 million; buy 22 security doors at a
\ncost of Rp 900 million; pay for official's and Indonesian
\nathletes' uniforms (Rp 1.9 billion); produce medals (Rp 300.35
\nmillion); and make ID cards for participants (Rp 478).<\/p>\n
Okky said the organizers had ordered 13,000 pairs of shoes for
\nthe torch runners.<\/p>\n
\"But since the organizers changed the plan to move the
\nlighting of the torch from Borobudur temple in Central Java to
\nJakarta, we'll give shoes to LOs (liaison officers),\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"I have given 2,000 pairs to our rowers at Jatiluhur dam.
\nHowever, we'll still have about 2,000 extra and I think we can
\nsell them as merchandise during the Games,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The Bimantara group, owned by Bambang, will also provide
\nnearly 200 South-Korean made Hyundai sedans, known as Bimantara
\ncars, and about 400 12-seater vans for the VIPs and athletes.<\/p>\n
The organizers have spent about Rp 4.2 billion on
\ntransportation.<\/p>\n
Rp 3 billion has been spent on transporting the 5,000 dancers
\nwho have been practicing for the opening and closing ceremonies
\nfor the last two months.<\/p>\n
Earlier yesterday, State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
\nHayono Isman reported to President Soeharto at Merdeka Palace on
\nthe progress of the Games preparations.<\/p>\n
Hayono emphasized measures toward budget efficiency by citing
\nthe decision to move the torch lighting ceremony from Borobudur
\nto the capital.<\/p>\n
\"If we light the torch at the ASEAN Secretariat, we need less
\nthan Rp 50 million, compared to the original budget of Rp 1.3
\nbillion (for the Borobudur to Jakarta ceremony),\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"The opening and closing ceremonies must not be very luxurious
\nbecause the most important thing is what the athletes achieve
\nduring the event,\" he added. (prb\/yan)<\/p>",
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