Ex-Sugar Factory Will Be the Venue of ASEAN Para Games 2022
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VIVA – The ASEAN Para Games XI 2022 will be held on July 30 to August 6 at Solo, Central Java. It is known that the venue used for this match is the former Colomandu sugar factory.
Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia, Zainudin Amali, and Chairman of the Indonesia ASEAN Para Games Organizing Committee (INASPOC), Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited the venue for the ASEAN Para Games XI 2022 on Monday, June 20, 2022.
The first venue visited by the Minister of Youth and Sports and the Chair of INASPOC was the University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS) Edutorium. The group immediately walked into the multi-purpose building which is planned to be used for the Muhammadiyah congress in November 2022.
The plan, the building which has a capacity of thousands of people, will be used as a venue for the badminton sport.
"For the badminton venue, everything is ready. I don't imagine that in Solo there are a place like this," said Zainudin Amali when inspecting the badminton venue at the UMS Edutorium on Monday, June 20, 2022.
Furthermore, the Minister of Youth and Sports revealed that the condition of the venue was quite good. It is certain that athletes with disabilities for the badminton sport will feel comfortable when competing at the UMS Edutorium.
“They will be comfortable playing and will definitely feel happy with the venue. I think this is an international standard from the pitch and the stands for the audience,” he said.
After being satisfied with visiting the badminton venue, the group of the Minister of Youth and Sports and the Chair of INASPOC continued their activities to visit the table tennis venue. Interestingly, the venue is a former sugar factory left by Pura Mangkunegaran. In fact, a number of milling machines are still in the former factory.
Zainudin Amali looks impressed with the venue. He also saw the condition from near the hall inside the former sugar factory building which was the venue for table tennis.
However, a number of facilities will be equipped to meet the standards set for the ASEAN Para Games table tennis matches.
Meanwhile, regarding the selection of the former Colomadu sugar factory, Zainudin admitted that he did not have a problem with the implementation of the ASEAN Para-Games as well as promoting the cultural side of the culture in Solo.
"I guess there isn’t any problem, this is not only a sporting event, but every country always organizes it, there is always a culture, then there is culinary. I have conveyed to the guardians, we must make them comfortable and friendly," said the Minister of Youth and Sports.
"I think it's worth it because there will be seven tables, both those from the semifinals to the finals here as well. Indeed, there are still some preparations that must be made, for example from the air conditioner, carpet and others. But the guardian has conveyed that there is no problem," he added.
Hope, that the participants of the sports event for athletes with disabilities from various Southeast Asian countries will be impressed and feel comfortable.
