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The Olympic Council of Asia's president, Sheikh Ahmad, spoke about Indonesia's bid to host the 2019 Asian Games
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SOUNDBITE: (English) Sheikh Ahmad, President of Olympic Council of Asia (on Indonesia's bid to replace Hanoi as host of the 2019 Asian Games):
"Hanoi's problem isn't related to the economic crisis. It's the plan of the city. If you delay with your city plan you cannot offer a good Games. For that, they were honest, and we really appreciated that they announced it early. And quickly we found another replacement in Indonesia. They came with the full requirement and ready to all our hosting contract, which we were very happy to have a solution in less than 60 days since we have the letter from Vietnam."
SOUNDBITE: (English) Sheikh Ahmad, President of Olympic Council of Asia (on why Indonesia is an appealing host venue):
"I think they have interest to develop a lot of facilities in their country, and for that we are helping them, with the Youth Games, after they lost the main Asian Games. We don't like in Asia to make anybody upset, we like always to give a good solution, a replacement, but now they are ready and I think this will help their developmental plan. I think they will build a lot of sports facilities, which already is in their plan. There has a lot of things been exist, because they host a lot of sports events lately. I saw their operation and there is a lot of existing sports facility, which they need only small extra facility. And as a market, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Thailand, China, Korea, Japan, it's very attractive market for all the sponsors."
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Indonesia ready to host 2019 Asian Games
Saturday, September 20 2014Category:Soccer