Beddu favored in takraw congress

Beddu favored in takraw congress

JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the State Logistics Agency, Beddu
Amang, has emerged as the sole candidate for the top job in the
Indonesian Sepak Takraw Association which will hold its national
congress in Bogor, West Java this weekend.

Sepak takraw is a sport similar to volleyball but uses a
rattan ball,

The association's official in charge of organizational
affairs, Rainal Rais, said yesterday that Beddu is considered the
right man to replace two-times chairman Marjoeni Warganagara
because of his great concern about the sport. Beddu is a native
South Sulawesi, the country's strongest sepak takraw powerhouse.

Rais also said that the congress would discuss possible
cooperation between the association and the Armed Forces to
further develop the sport throughout the country. "We plan to
follow the footstep of Thailand, whose national players are
mostly from the Armed Forces," Rais said. (amd)