Games preparations behind schedule

Mon, 12 Jan 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Several sports complexes being built in Bangkok
for the 13th Asian Games in December have fallen behind schedule
and may not be finished before the March deadline, reports said
yesterday.

Coming after Wednesday's cut in the games' operating budget,
the latest news is yet another setback for the event which has
been plagued by political wrangling and cost blowouts amid
Thailand's economic crisis.

Construction of the shooting complex was only 20 percent
complete and unlikely to be finished within the timeframe set by
the Thai government, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday.

The subcontractor responsible for building the complex, STN
Construction, has run short of money and been forced to stop work
for several months.

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