Sports event for disabled opens

JAKARTA: A one-week sporting event for disabled people in the city opened at the Gelora Ragunan sports center in South Jakarta on Friday.

Hearing impaired, mentally disabled and physically handicapped competitors all participated in the event, opened by Vice Governor Djailani on Friday.

Djailani said the event was designed to nurture and to motivate the disabled to live their lives normally in the wider community.

The event was also aimed at developing a sense of solidarity among the disabled, he added. --JP