Yogyakarta wins double deal

Yogyakarta wins double deal

JAKARTA (JP): The international motor federation, FIM, has granted Yogyakarta the right to host the world motocross championship race, for the second time, next year.

FIM announced the decision during its annual conference in Geneve earlier this month, a foreign affairs official of the Indonesian Motor Association (IMI), Doly Indra Nasution, said on Sunday.

Doly said the decision was made following a field inspection conducted by FIM envoy Georgy Kokenyesi last month at the Pugeran circuit, ahead of the upcoming world championship race. Indonesia's first world motocross championship is scheduled for July 29 and 30.

"FIM finds both the facilities and the on-going organization of the motocross championship quite satisfactory," Doly quoted FIM officials as saying. FIM did, however, ask the organizers to repair the starting gate and to improve the telecommunications network. (amd)