Flying mission to promote SEAG

Flying mission to promote SEAG

JAKARTA (JP): The organizers of the Kuala Lumpur Southeast
Asian (SEA) Games will launch a flying expedition to
participating countries to promote the Sept. 8 to Sept. 17
biennial event.

Bernama reported on Tuesday that the "ASEAN Goodwill Flying
Expedition", carrying 50 to 60 people in five light aircraft,
will head to Brunei Darussalam as its first destination and end
in Thailand. The journey is scheduled to begin on July 15 and end
on Aug. 31.

Youth and Sports minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein officially
launched the mission, which is staged in cooperation with the
defense and foreign Ministries.

The participants will stop in each country for two days to
promote the SEA Games and the Merdeka Day (national day)
celebrations. (yan)