Panasia to hold exhibition games

Panasia to hold exhibition games

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian champion Panasia Indosyntec will
organize a basketball exhibition event at the Pajajaran Sports
Hall in Bandung today to proceed its departure to the 9th Asian
Interclub Championship in Kuala Lumpur.

The club's president, Khoe Hoa Ie, said Thursday that today's
event would include a game pitting Panasia junior and Bandung
city teams, slam-dunk and three-pointer contests and cheerleader
performances. Admittance to the event, to be staged from 5:30
p.m. to 9 p.m., is free.

A charity program will cap the exhibition, with Panasia
donating basic food commodities to the basketball community in
West Java.

Panasia is drawn in a difficult group with Malaysian champion
Petronas, China's Beijing Hanwei and representatives of South
Korea and Uzbekistan for the April 25-May 2 championship. The
other group has Regal of Hong Kong, Toshiba of Japan, Al Riadi of
Lebanon and teams from the Philippines and Thailand.

With American key starters Simeon Maley and Kass Weaver in top
form, the Indonesian club has set a realistic target of finishing
fourth. (amd)