Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Andi Mallarangeng and Indonesia Olympic Committee president Rita Subowo, center, kick off the 300-day countdown to the SEA Games in Jakarta on Sunday. (Antara Photo)Jakarta. Organizers of the Southeast Asian Games revealed on Saturday that five companies were “seriously” considering offering a sponsorship package for the multisport event to be held in November.
Rita Subowo, president of the Indonesian Olympic Committee, said that one of the firms interested in supporting the Games was electronics company Samsung.
Terms of Samsung’s offer were not disclosed, but the sponsorship deal will likely include financial as well as logistical support such as providing electronic equipment to be used to run the Games operations.
Rita, however, did not name the other four companies but said the Games organizers “really appreciated these offers and welcomed more sponsorship proposals as we need them a lot.”
Rita joined Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Andi Mallarangeng and several other sports officials during a special ceremony kicking off the 300-day countdown to the SEA Games at Tanah Airku theater in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta on Saturday.
“The government welcomes all state-owned companies and the private sector who are interested to be part of the Games as sponsors. By being involved in this way, we are helping to make the Games a success,” Andi said during Saturday’s event.
The government has so far shouldered all the expenses to make sure the first SEA Games to be held in the country since 1997 will be a success, both in the hosting aspect and in achieving the goal of winning the Games’ overall title.
Last year, the government spent Rp 1 trillion ($110.5 million)to renovate venues in Palembang, South Sumatra — site of the Games opening and closing ceremonies — and Jakarta.
Just last week, the Youth and Sports Affairs Ministry announced that it would allocate Rp 300 billion for operations expenses during the Games, which will cover the bonus packages for medal winners and the cost to run the Asean ParaGames to be held in Solo.
Also on Saturday, the Indonesia SEA Games Organizing Committee (Inasoc) officially unveiled the Games logo, which features the mythical bird Garuda.
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