Wismoyo will receive honor

JAKARTA (JP): National Sports Council (KONI) chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar is scheduled to receive an honorary doctoral degree from the United States Sports Academy in Alabama on July 30.

KONI secretary-general Rudolf Warouw said on Thursday the honor was being given out of recognition of Wismoyo's leadership in sports development in Indonesia. Wismoyo will be the second recipient of this honor, the first being former minister of information Maladi.

Wismoyo will leave for the U.S. on July 26 and is expected to return to Indonesia on Aug. 3 to officially send off the Indonesian contingent which will compete in the 20th Southeast Asian Games in Brunei Darussalam from Aug. 7 to Aug. 15.(yan)