Indonesian Vice President officially opens 2022 ASEAN Para Games
Indonesian Vice President to officially open 2022 ASEAN Para Games.
Jakarta, The Gulf Observer: Vice President of Indonesia Ma’ruf Amin, accompanied by his wife, Wury Ma’ruf Amin, and a limited entourage left for Solo, Central Java, on Saturday to officially open the 2022 XI ASEAN Para Games.
Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and his wife, Siti Atiqoh Ganjar Pranowo, will welcome them at Adi Soemarmo Air Force Base, Boyolali, Central Java.
Minister of Youth and Sports, Zainudin Amali; president of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF), Osoth Bhalivai; as well as the Mayor of Surakarta and chair of the Indonesian ASEAN Para Games Organizing Committee (INASPOC), Gibran Rakabuming Raka, joined the Vice President at the venue.
Amin is scheduled to witness the entire procession at the opening ceremony for the 2022 APG, which will be attended by participants from 11 countries in the Southeast Asian region.
The APG is the largest disabled sports event in Southeast Asia, and will be held in Solo and Semarang, Central Java, from July 30 to August 6, 2022.
The participants will compete in 14 sports, namely athletics, swimming, badminton, table tennis, chess, powerlifting, boccia, blind judo, goalball, wheelchair tennis, archery, CP football, wheelchair basketball, and sitting volleyball.
Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah; head of the Vice President Secretariat Office, Ahmad Erani Yustika; deputy for human development policy support and equal development, Suprayoga Hadi; special staff to the Vice President, Masduki Baidlowi; and the Vice President’s expert team staff Farhat Brachma, accompanied the Vice President to Solo.
