Coke donates Rp 250m to RI sports

Coke donates Rp 250m to RI sports

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono
Isman received a cash donation of Rp 250 million (US$110,521) for
national sports development from Coca-cola on Wednesday.

The money was part of the profits collected between May and
July from the sale of 12.5 million specially-issued cans of cola.
The fund-raising program was part of the community program
services of PT Coca-cola Indonesia, Coca-cola's subsidiary in
Indonesia, and its franchisee, Amatil Management Consulting
Indonesia.

The special cans, now no longer in production, came in six
versions. The first five displayed, variously, the faces of five
top national athletes, while the sixth version displayed a symbol
representing the sport of basketball, which is gaining in
popularity among Indonesia's youth.

The five athletes whose faces were featured on the cans are
badminton queen Susi Susanti; young soccer star Kurniawan Dwi
Yulianto; top female archer Nurfitriyana S. Lantang; middleweight
Albert Papilaya, quarterfinalist in last year's world boxing
championships in Bangkok; and the country's fastest man, sprinter
Mardi Lestari.

Each of them will get Rp 25 million from the money donated.
Another Rp 25 million will go to the National Sports Council. The
remainder will be transferred to the governing bodies of the six
sports in question.

Upon receiving the donation, Hayono said the government
appreciated Coca-cola's efforts to foster the development of
sports in Indonesia. He said he hoped that the athletes whose
faces were represented on the cans will become idols among
Indonesia's youth.

The donation was presented by Richard Brooks, president
director of Amatil Management Consulting Indonesia at the offices
of the Ministry's. (arf)