Perpani holds painting expo

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani) is currently staging a six-day painting exhibition to raise funds for a long-term training program for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Perpani chairman, Hayono Isman, said on Monday during the opening ceremony that the association would display 80 paintings from a variety of collections at the World Trade Center. The exhibition is open daily between 10 a.m and 10 p.m. until Sunday.

"We hope to collect about Rp 100 million (US$14.600) profit from the exhibition. We need about Rp 2 billion to finance the training program, which starts in February, and to send athletes abroad to compete in Olympic qualification events," said Hayono, former state minister of youth affairs and sports.

This is the first time a sports organization has attempted to raise funds by staging a painting exhibition.(yan)