Hayono praises Surjadi's step on Games stickers
Hayono praises Surjadi's step on Games stickers
JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Hayono Isman has supported Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja's
call to stop the use of the 19th SEA Games donation stickers.
Surjadi urged the public not to pay the biennial event
donation because the gubernatorial decree has expired.
"Governor Surjadi's call was very proper," Hayono was quoted
as saying by Antara.
Hayono also urged the National Sports Council and the
consortium, chaired by President Soeharto's son Bambang
Trihatmodjo, to accept the governor's decision.
Hayono said Surjadi had received complaints from the public
about attaching donation stickers to their electricity, telephone
and water bills.
"I think it's not because the public does not want to
participate in hosting SEA Games but maybe the fund raising
mechanism was not right and not transparent," he said.
"They don't want to be fait a compli," he added.
Hayono said the consortium and the council must find another
way to raise the funds for the Games because donation stickers
are not very effective.
"It seems collecting donations by selling stickers is not
appropriate for Jakartans anymore. We have to find another way,"
he said.
The consortium cooperates with state-owned PT Telkom, PLN, PAM
to sell stickers, which cost between Rp 1,000 (U.S. 41 cents) and
Rp 50,000 each.
The donations were sought from people applying for drivers'
licenses, vehicle registration, building permits, site plans and
land documents, and artesian well licenses. Shopping center
customers, as well as airport, hotel, restaurant, and
recreational and entertainment center customers also had to pay
for the stickers.
The consortium had raised Rp 1.3 billion from sticker sales in
Jakarta and Rp 2 billion in total throughout Indonesia, far less
than the anticipated Rp 35 billion needed to help finance the Rp
105 billion Games.
Hayono expected the consortium to give a full report on the
three-month fund-raising.
Television
The council spokesman Ishadi SK, who is also chairman of the
information and communication branch of the SEA Games organizing
committee, said about 20 national and international TV stations
would broadcast the 10-day event.
The national stations are state-owned TVRI and private-owned
ANteve, Indosiar, RCTI, SCTV and TPI.
The regional stations include six from Thailand, two from
Malaysia, two from Singapore, one from Brunei Darussalam and one
from the Philippines.
International stations CNN and ESPN will also broadcast
several of the Games' events.
Ishadi said that the television rights to the Games will not
be sold to the stations. The organizers only charged for renting
the broadcast equipment.
"It's difficult to sell the SEA Games TV rights because it's
only a regional event. If we charge for the TV rights, less
stations would telecast the Games," he said.
"It's incomparable to the Olympics because the TV rights were
one of the biggest earners for the organizers." (yan)