Subagyo favorite for shooting body chief<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The executive director of the Indonesian
\nShooting and Hunting Association (Perbakin), Sutiyoso, said Lt.
\nGen. Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo, the Army's deputy chief of staff,
\nwould be the right person to chair the association.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the opening of the association's national congress
\nat the Borobudur Intercontinental Hotel on Friday, Sutiyoso, who
\nis also the governor of Jakarta, said Subagyo would be able to
\nhandle all the potential problems within the association, whose
\nathletes won 11 gold medals in the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA)
\nGames last month.<\/p>\n
\"Shooting has a good chance to win many medals in multi-sports
\nevents. It means the association needs a very capable person to
\nchair it,\" he said at the congress, which will end today.<\/p>\n
\"The new chairman must be able to maintain the athletes'
\nachievement in the SEA Games because we only won two golds in the
\n1995 Games,\" he added.<\/p>\n
\"I believe Subagyo has the capability to chair the association
\nand I personally support him.\"<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso also said that the new chairman should come from the
\nmilitary.<\/p>\n
\"It would be good for the organization if a military officer
\nis in command because shooting has to deal with weapons,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Subagyo has also been nominated as the new chairman of the
\nBadminton Association of Indonesia, which will stage its national
\ncongress at Hotel Indonesia from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Sutiyoso said he would consider his
\nnomination to chair the association in the 1998\/2001 period. But
\nhe had indicated that he has been busy with his new job as the
\ncapital's governor.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso was a deputy of the association's target division
\nfrom 1989 to 1993 and has been its executive director from 1993
\nto 1997.<\/p>\n
The current chairman, Edi Sudrajat, who is also the minister
\nof defense, had also denied to chair the association for a third
\ntime.<\/p>\n
\"I've chaired the association twice. I think it's better to
\nhave a new chairman who is more energetic and more innovative,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
But some participants from branches outside of Java still
\nexpected Edi to chair the association.<\/p>\n
Grooming<\/p>\n
Edi hoped the selected chairman would be able to continually
\ngroom athletes to reach world achievements.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Irham Jafar, a representative of the association's
\nLampung branch, said that the new chairman must also pay
\nattention to grooming athletes outside of Java.<\/p>\n
He said by having the same development program, there would
\nnot be any gaps between athletes inside and outside of Java.<\/p>\n
\"The main problem is how to purchase the weapons because they
\nare very expensive. It's impossible for athletes to have the same
\nweapons as owned by athletes from Jakarta, West Java, Central
\nJava and East Java.\"<\/p>\n
Twenty-two of the association's 27 provincial branches are
\nbeing represented at the congress, which was opened by National
\nSports Council Chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar. (yan)<\/p>",
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