Taking Turns on Winning
The Indonesian contingent to the SEA Games in Myanmar will be unprepared to compete, much less to win, for lack of funding. The government's policy on a budget for sports is chaotic.
Tempo
December 10, 2013
NEXT week it will be the turn of the new capital of Myanmar, Naypyidaw, to host the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. But things will not be very different from the 'same old song': lack of spirit, little achievement. In a nation that has not hosted the games for 44 years, it is difficult to hope for Asian records to be broken, let alone produce world-class performances.
The sports festival with 11 participating Southeast Asian nations, has become l
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