Senayan sports complex to build new facilities<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Gelora Senayan Management Board (BPGS) will
\nboth renovate and build venues at the Senayan sports complex to
\nmeet international standards as part of the country's effort to
\nwin the bid to host the 2006 Asian Games.<\/p>\n
The outgoing vice chairman of the National Sports Council
\n(KONI), Arie Sudewo, told reporters after meeting with the board
\nmembers on Tuesday that BPGS would also build accommodation
\nfacilities for athletes near the complex.<\/p>\n
The Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA)'s regulations say an
\nathletes village must be located near or adjacent to the sports
\nvenues.<\/p>\n
Arie said a small team comprising the board members, as well
\nas the athletes development and the budget planning departments
\nofficials, was still carrying out an inventory of the condition
\nof the 18 venues in the sports complex.<\/p>\n
\"On the basis of this exercise, the board will build another
\nfive venues without neglecting the environment at the complex and
\nits surroundings. We still have enough space to construct those
\nvenues in order to reduce the number of sports events to be held
\noutside the Senayan complex,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"We are also giving thought to making safe and comfortable
\nvenues,\" Arie added, without mentioning the deadline for
\ncompletion of the reinventory.<\/p>\n
The eighteen venues at the complex are the Senayan main
\nstadium, indoor stadium, swimming pool, track and field stadium,
\nclay and indoor tennis courts, badminton courts, volleyball hall,
\nbasketball hall, three multi-purpose halls, archery field, beach
\nvolleyball court, squash courts, gymnastics hall, hockey field
\nand shooting range.<\/p>\n
Arie said the board had yet to list the venues which would be
\nrenovated or constructed and the budget needed to finance the
\nrenovation.<\/p>\n
\"Our discussions have yet to reach those points. However, we
\nplan to renovate them step by step. We hope the government is
\nable to financially support the effort and show its political
\nwill to host the 2006 Asian Games,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The Senayan management board, chaired by ex-officio
\nMinister\/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung, controls 279 hectares of
\nland in Senayan, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Most of the plots are dedicated to sport venues, while some
\nare leased to 10 private firms under terms of between 20 years
\nand 40 years.<\/p>\n
The board's officials have boasted that the 100-hectare sports
\ncomplex was the second biggest such complex in the world after
\none in Sydney, which covers 760 hectares and includes a national
\npark.<\/p>\n
Arie said that the board would not relocate certain sport
\nvenues which were distant from the capital, such as rowing at the
\nJatiluhur reservoir in Purwakarta, West Java, and the cycling
\ntrack at Rawamangun, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Asiad bidding<\/p>\n
Bidding for the Asiad is part of KONI's ambitious Golden
\nGaruda project, aimed at making Indonesia the host and finishing
\nat least sixth in the medal tally.<\/p>\n
Malaysia, India and the United Arab Emirates have shown an
\ninterest in bidding for the quadrennial event.<\/p>\n
KONI had earlier planned to establish a small team to prepare
\nJakarta's proposal to host the Games. OCA's constitution and
\nrules chapter 38 stipulates that the bidding opens six years
\nbefore the Games.<\/p>\n
Arie mentioned December 2000 as a deadline for Indonesia to
\narrange the proposal. He said each bidding country could put in
\ntheir letter of intent by the end of this year.<\/p>\n
Each bidding country must submit its proposal along with an
\napplication fee of US$10,000. If a country is appointed host, it
\nis required to contribute another $190,000 to OCA at the latest
\nthree months after the announcement.<\/p>\n
Proposals must identify proposed venues and athletes village
\nfacilities for the Games, plus the financial resources to host
\nthe event.<\/p>\n
At least 17 events must be planned, including the two Olympics
\nmainstays of athletics and swimming. The Games must take place
\nover between 12 and 16 days, including the opening and closing
\nceremonies.<\/p>\n
President B.J. Habibie himself has thrown his weight behind
\nKONI's idea, despite criticism from several sports organizations
\nthat it was unrealistic due to the country's crisis of the past
\ntwo years. (ivy)<\/p>",
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