Annual student sports event

JAKARTA(JP): Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja urged the city's students to achieve their best at the third annual national student sports competition to be held from June 14 to June 19 in Surabaya, East Java.

"It is your honor to represent Jakarta students in particular, as well as Jakartans as a whole," the governor said yesterday.

He added that the trust of the public was in the students, who were, in turn, expected to do their very best.

One hundred and fifty Jakarta students will be sent to compete in the sports event.

The sports team comprises 58 young men, 54 young women and 38 officials. They are led by Indratmo, chairman of the Jakarta sports achievement development division.

The team will participate in nine of 10 sporting events held during the competition, including athletics, swimming, basketball, volleyball, badminton, court tennis and table tennis.

The Surabaya sports competition will be participated in by some 3,000 participants from 27 provinces in Indonesia. (32)