Silat still exhibited in Pusan

Silat still exhibited in Pusan

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's traditional martial arts pencak
silat will still be featured as an exhibition event at the Pusan
2002 Asian Games in South Korea, securing a second commitment
from the organizing committee.

Reports had said earlier that the Pusan Asian Games Organizing
Committee (PAGOC) refused to stage the event due to financial
shortages despite an earlier agreement that the Asian Pacific
Pencak Silat Federation would pay all the expenses.

"The issue was cleared at the sidelines of a meeting for
secretaries-general of the Olympics Confederation of Asian (OCA)
on May 9 in Seoul," federation president Oyong Karmayudha told
reporters on Tuesday.

"The federation will not cost PAGOC a single cent because all
of our country members will share the expenses," he added. (nvn)