Japanese firm eyes SEAG role

Japanese firm eyes SEAG role

JAKARTA (JP): Japanese advertising agency Hakuhodo has
announced it is interested in taking part in the fund-raising
program for the 19th Southeast Asian Games here next year.

David Hawcet, Hakuhodo's director of sports events, said after
a meeting with the chairman of the Games Organizing Committee,
Wismoyo Arismunandar, that Indonesia is an enormous potential
market for such a big sporting event.

Hawcet suggested that the committee appoint more consortia
other than just the one led by Bambang Trihatmodjo for the fund-
raising program, to create competitiveness among bidders.

Hakuhodo is the second Japanese company to forward a fund
raising proposal for the SEA Games, after Densu did so in March.
(yan)