Sports council to have new and better building

Sports council to have new and better building

JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) will have a new and taller building, but may have to share it with private companies.

Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono said during the grand opening of the new office building of the Senayan Management Board here yesterday that a 12-story building will accommodate KONI and all sports organizations under its supervision.

Moerdiono dedicated the board's new office, which also has 12 stories, in a ceremony yesterday. Moerdiono is the ex-officio chairman of the Gelora Senayan Foundation, which was set up by the government to control land use at the sports complex.

"KONI and other sports organizations will use seven stories, while the rest will be leased to private companies." Moerdiono said.

It will be an integrated office for the country's various sports organizations. Most of them are now situated around the Senayan main stadium, but many others are scattered across the capital city.

However, Moerdiono failed to go into details as to when the construction project of KONI's new office will start.

"KONI will cooperate with a private company to build its new building," Moerdiono said.

He said that during the construction project, KONI and other sports organizations will have temporary offices at the board's new building.

Moerdiono said that the old offices around the Senayan stadium will be used as training venues for squash, table tennis and gymnastics.

Saptodarsono, director of the management board, said that the state-owned construction company, PT Pembangunan Perumahan, needed more than three years to complete the board's building which cost Rp 23 billion (US$10 million).

The new office stands on a 8,900-square-meter plot and contains the 12-story main building, a 3-story annex building and a 3-story connection building. The office complex is next to a shopping and business center. (05)