Thursday, October 27, 2011

SEA Games torch on Komodo Island Transit

WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2011 | 17:33 pm
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Central Java, Ruwiyati, the Chief Executive of the SEA Games Organizing Committee XXVI or Indonesia South East Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASOC) Center, Rahmat Gobel.

From Grace SEA Games torch handed to Regent West Manggarai, then to Bernard Weber who attended the event in his capacity as President of the New 7 Wonders Foundation. From the hands of Bernard torch handed to Jusuf Kalla as Ambassador award of Komodo.

Submission of the SEA Games torch procession XXVI performed in front of the number of animals in the Forest dragons Acid, Komodo Island. "Since the SEA Games using Komodo mascot, torch should be up here," Bernard Weber said when met after the procession.

The presence of Bernard also presented certificates to the finalists of New 7 Wonders of Nature to Jusuf Kalla. "Komodo chosen as the SEA Games mascot is helping us to enter the Komodo become one of the seven wonders of the world," he said.

Currently Komodo will compete with 27 other finalists. According to Jusuf Kalla, Komodo still follow the course of the selection process. "It's true we have to pay dearly for the electoral process as one of the seven wonders of the world. Payment is only when the initial application," he explained.

Earlier, Minister of Tourism who was then still held Wacik said it had withdrawn from the nomination of dragons into the event New 7 Wonders of Nature in August with financial reasons. Wacik, who now serves as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources said it was too much money to be paid in order to pass the dragons in the selection process.

According to Wacik, the committee requires the Government of Indonesia to pay a "license fee" as the host of the declaration of 10 million U.S. dollars and prepared 35 million U.S. dollars as the cost of organizing the event declaration.

The vote of New 7 Wonders of Nature will be closed on 11 November 2011, concurrent with the opening of the SEA Games Games XXVI.

From the island of Komodo XXVI SEA Games torch will be paraded around the town of Kupang for further brought into Papua, Makassar, Samarinda, Balikpapan, Jakarta and Palembang.

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