KL SEAG to spend RM1.5m for promotion

KL SEAG to spend RM1.5m for promotion

JAKARTA (JP): The 21st Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA)
Games organizing committee will spend 1.5 million ringgit
(US$500,000) for promotional activities and publicity.

Some 200,000 ringgit was spent to launch the SEA Games
campaign on Feb. 3 in a ceremony presided over by Deputy Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. About 50,000 ringgit
was spent when the organizers officially launched the logo and
theme song of the biennial event, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from
Sept. 8 to Sept. 17, Berita Harian daily reported.

Thirty-two sports offering a total of 386 gold medals will be
featured at the event, making it the second largest SEA Games
ever held. The 1997 SEA Games in Jakarta, which featured 43
sports, still stands as the largest Games. (yan)