'SCTV' to broadcast Asia Cup talk show

JAKARTA (JP): The privately owned SCTV TV station is to broadcast a talk show, Road to A King Asia Cup, today at 3.00 p.m.

Hosted by Helmy Yahya, the program will feature eighth times All England winner Rudy Hartono, the Badminton Association of Indonesia's Secretary-General RAJ Gosal and Kompas daily journalist Hendry Ch Bangun.

The A King Asia Cup, which is to be staged for the first time from Feb. 19 to Feb. 23 at the Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium, has a format of two singles players and one doubles team from each participating country.

Malaysia, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, China Taipei and Indonesia are the nations entered in the US$150,000 men's team tournament. (yan)