How much for a game ball and fries?<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Amidst the World Cup's largely hedonistic
\nfootball fiesta, an American-fast food style restaurant is
\ncarrying out a pricey auction of the event's official FIFA match
\nball for charity.<\/p>\n
\"The starting bid is Rp 500,000 (about US$220) and the money
\nwill go to the Rotary club which will then use it for helping
\nchildren with a vitamin A deficiency,\" said Lucia Clara
\nyesterday, a staffer at the ADA corporation which owns the Happy
\nDay restaurant in JL. Juanda, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
She said the auction starts today and will go until July 18.
\nShe also said that there is already about Rp 600,000 invested for
\nthe ball.<\/p>\n
It is not clear what kind of a soccer-maniac, philanthropist
\nwill pay that much money for what looks like exactly an ordinary
\nsoccer ball.<\/p>\n
Of course, we shouldn't forget that this particular ball has
\nthe label \"Official FIFA match ball World Cup 1994\".<\/p>\n
Lucia declined to project how much money the restaurant is
\nexpected to collect at the end of auction.<\/p>\n
Instead, she just said, \"whatever it is, it will be good for
\nthe kids.\" (hdj)<\/p>",
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