Olympics training director to submit mission report

Olympics training director to submit mission report

JAKARTA (JP): The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games are over but the
accountability report of the Indonesian contingent has yet to be
completed.

Indonesia's Olympics executive training director Arie Sudewo
said Wednesday that he would submit the report to the Olympics
project manager and chairman of the National Sports Council
(KONI) Wismoyo Arismunandar next week.

Arie, who is also KONI's vice chairman, told reporters
Wednesday that the report will include training programs,
Olympics results and financial reports on training programs.

"I will only report on the use of money which had been placed
under my responsibility as the training director."

"Pak Wismoyo will publicly announce his accountability report
to the people, the government and members of the House of
Representatives."

Arie said he did not have any problems making the report as he
had his own internal auditors who had done the auditing since the
training period.

"We have hired auditors from a public accounting firm and not
from KONI. They have audited the use of the training funds," he
said.

KONI has accumulated more than Rp 6.9 billion (US$810,000) it
needed to finance the six-month training for the Olympic Games.
The fund was obtained from the government, the Gelora Senayan
Management Board (BPGS) and private sectors including McDonald's
Indonesia, Samsung, Extra Joss energy drink and PT Telekomunikasi
Seluler Indonesia.

Indonesia brought home one gold thanks to the men's doubles
shuttlers Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, three silvers from
women's weightlifter Lisa Rumbewas, mixed doubles shuttlers Tri
Kusharjanto and Minarti Timur and men's singles shuttler
Hendrawan.

Two more bronzes were contributed by women's weightlifters Sri
Indriyani and Winarni.

Arie assured that there was a surplus from the Olympics
training fund.

"I can guarantee that there will be a surplus. But I don't
know the figure. Hopefully we can know it next week. It will be
reimbursed to the project manager," he said.

Arie also announced at the same time that he had set up a
special task force to redefine KONI's function and structure
following the disclosure of the office of the state ministry of
youth affairs and sports.

"The task force will have three units which are in charge of
the organizational affairs, the budgeting, and the legal
affairs," he said, adding that members of the task force will
invite other related institutions such as the Ministry of Home
Affairs and the Office of the State Ministry of Administrative
Reform.

He said that except for the legal affairs unit, the others
were expected to finish their jobs by January at the latest.

"We will present the conclusion in the KONI annual meeting in
January and ask for approval from sports organizations and KONI's
provincial chapters. To smoothen the way for approval, we will
first invite them for a discussion before we reach a conclusion,"
he said. (ivy)