Guess What? Joop Ave

Guess What? Joop Ave

A slip of the tongue can also happen to a minister. Minister
of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave experienced this
when he spoke to reporters during his recent visit to the ongoing
construction of an athletes village at the former shooting range
in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Joop said Indonesia must remember its former athletes who won
international tournaments. He suggested that the underwriting
consortium name some suites after national athletes.

"We can start from Ferry Sonneville and Tan Yoe Hock," he
said, referring to famous national shuttlers.

"We had Liem Sioe Liong, who won several All England titles
after Rudy Hartono. But where is he? Nobody knows where he
lives," he said.

Joop soon realized that he had said the wrong name. Liem Sioe
Liong, who changed his name to Soedono Salim, is one of
Indonesia's tycoons, just named as the country's top taxpayer.
Joop should have named Liem Swie King, who won six All England
titles.

"Well, they are both number one. Liem Sioe Liong is a number
one taxpayer and Liem Swie King used to be a number one
shuttler," he said with a laugh. (yan)