KONI may get profit share
KONI may get profit share
JAKARTA (JP): Managing director of the Senayan sports complex
Yasidi Hambali ruled out yesterday the possibility of handing
over management of the venues to the National Sports Council or
State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports office, but said they
deserved a share of the profits from running the venues.
Yasidi told a media conference that both the sports council
and the youth affairs and sports office could simply ask for the
funds whenever they needed it, but not for a monopoly of the
sports complex.
"The two organizations must be the most dominant members of
the Senayan management board because of their responsibilities to
develop national sports."
He was commenting on discussions of the possible transfer of
right to manage the sports complex as a means to raise funds for
sports other than the lottery. The government rejected last week
the council's lottery proposal, saying it would tempt people to
gamble.
Yasidi said the sports complex belonged to the state under the
Gelora Senayan Management Board. Minister/State Secretary is the
ex-officio chairperson of the board, with the state minister of
housing and settlement, the state minister of youth affairs and
sports, minister of public works, the chairman of the National
Sports Council, the Jakarta governor and the Jakarta Military
commander serving as ex-officio members.
Yasidi failed to explain if either the sports council or the
youth affairs and sports ministry had asked for funds to finance
particular events. "Better ask that to the board chairman," he
said.
The complex's general affairs director Ibnu Sutanto, who
accompanied Yasidi, said the board earned between Rp 12 billion
to 14 billion (US$923,000 to $1,076,000) a year from the rental
of centers comprising the Senayan Indoor Stadium, a tennis
complex, the Senayan auditorium and a medical center.
He said some venues, including the Senayan Main Stadium,
shooting range and swimming pool, were unprofitable.
Yasidi also denied allegations the board had breached the
government policy by permitting private sectors to build business
centers in the area.
He said the sports complex was just a part of a 260-hectare
plot controlled by the state since its establishment by former
president Sukarno in the early 1960s.
"The area's master plan divided the complex into three parts:
sports complex, business complex and public office buildings,"
Yasidi said.
Three hotels plus a business center have been built in the
area.
"The master plan says the whole complex must be completed by
2005. That includes the construction of the second indoor
stadium, which can accommodate 40,000 spectators, to anticipate
our bid to host the Asian Games or the Olympics," he said. (yan)