SEA Games venues ready by August
SEA Games venues ready by August
JAKARTA (JP): All venues for the 19th Southeast Asian (SEA)
Games here in October will be ready by the end of August,
organizers said yesterday.
The organizers' venue and equipment deputy chairman,
Saptodarsono, said the Senayan sports complex, which will host 18
sports, had been under renovation since November.
"All venues will be ready for the Games by the end of August,"
he said.
The Gelora Senayan management board is paying for the Rp 20
billion (US$8.3 million) renovation. Twenty five percent of the
money is to renovate the Senayan Main Stadium, which will host
the opening and closing ceremonies and the soccer final.
Archery, track and field, badminton, basketball, bodybuilding,
weightlifting, judo, fencing, soccer, hockey, wrestling, tennis,
squash, swimming, shooting, indoor and beach volleyball and
softball will all be staged at the complex.
The Jakarta city administration is providing Rp 3 billion to
renovate other venues.
Rawamangun velodrome for track cycling, Soemantri Brodjonegoro
sports hall for boxing, Jakarta Gymnastics Center on Jl. Raden
Inten, East Jakarta Sports Hall for sepak takraw, Bulungan Sports
Hall for tae kwon do and karate and Sunter Lake for water skiing
are the other venues being upgraded.
Venues in Jakarta which the city administration does not own
are not getting any renovation funds.
Billiards and snooker will be at the Golden Hotel or the
Jakarta Fair Ground Kemayoran, soccer at the Lebak Bulus and
Kuningan stadiums, golf at the Matoa national golf and country
club, pencak silat at the Pencak Silat Dormitory near Taman Mini
Indonesia Indah, table tennis at the Pertamina Simpruk hall, 10-
pin bowling at the Megamall Pluit, wushu at the Jakarta Fair
Ground Kemayoran and sailing at Ancol.
Some events will be held outside Jakarta.
Rowing
Canoeing, rowing and traditional boat racing will be at the
Jatiluhur dam in Purwakarta, West Java. Otorita Jatiluhur and the
Ministry of Public Works are helping to renovate the venue.
Cycling's individual time trials and road races will be on the
Cikampek toll road.
Mountainbiking will be at Subang, women's soccer in Bogor and
shooting's skeet and trap at Cilodong.
New facilities for squash, wushu and contract bridge are being
built at the Senayan Main stadium.
The Games consortium is helping to build a Rp 1.5 billion
artificial-surface hockey court.
Saptodarsono said 900 medical personnel would be deployed for
the Games which will be staged from Oct. 11 to Oct. 19.
Eighty-five ambulances will be borrowed from state, military
and private hospitals.
Saptodarsono, who is also chairman of the Senayan Sports
Complex, denied claims by consortium chairman Bambang Yoga
Soegama that the complex had been leased to the consortium.
"The consortium does not rent the complex. The Rp 3.5 billion
money from the consortium is used to pay the electricity and
water bills and also to pay our staff," he said.
"The management cannot lease the complex to others during the
renovation. This means we don't receive any income. But we still
have to pay our staff," he said.
It costs Rp 12 billion a year to maintain the complex and the
government does not subsidize it. (yan)