TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Swing your racket, PBSI promotes
The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI), with support from Coca-Cola Indonesia, is looking to build 40 new badminton courts across the country in a bid to reinvigorate youth interest in the sport
Change Size
T
he Indonesian BadmintonAssociation (PBSI), with support from Coca-Cola Indonesia, is looking to build40 new badminton courts across the country in a bid to reinvigorate youthinterest in the sport.
'Thanks to Coca-Cola and those involved in the support of PBSI for realizing this movement,' PBSI chairman Gita Wirjawan was quoted in a media release as saying during the campaign tagged 'Angkat Raketmu' (Swing Your Racket).
The campaign at Cilandak Town Square in South Jakarta presented eight-time All England champion Rudy Hartono and Coca-Cola Indonesia president Martin Gil.
The new badminton courts, which are spread from Sabang in Aceh to Merauke in Papua, will add to the list of 16 already established in Java during last year's campaign. 'We want the Angkat Raketmu movement to be inspiring, like [badminton] maestro Rudy Hartono, whose racket swing brought him to the top of the world,' Gita said.
