Why not official contributions?

Why not official contributions?

From Media Indonesia

Exciting debates on Tapornas (national savings for sports events) are going on. This indicates that dynamism of life prevails in our society. It is our concern that we have not found an acceptable solution to the problem of raising funds to finance sports activities, even though we have been independent for nearly 50 years.

It is much to be deplored that we often are very good at coming up with concepts but are heavily challenged in our efforts to implement a concept. Why? Mostly because there are gaps between the concept and its implementation.

As far as a sports fund is concerned, our national sources are great. Whenever there is a fund raising drive for certain purposes, billions of rupiah can be collected in a matter of minutes. The question is how to tap that national potential. Based on this reality, a sports fund can be raised through the same official mechanism. The community is only too willing to contribute, providing it is sure that the funds collected are properly and openly administered. Only through that conviction will people be free of pessimism over the way the fund is managed.

HIMAWAN ADI ADMAJA

Depok, West Java