RI asks M’sia to allocate tickets for final soccer match

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 12/21/2010 6:55 PM | Sports

Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng said his office was talking Malaysia into allocating tickets for Indonesian supporters for the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 final match between Indonesia and Malaysia at Bukit Jalil stadium in Kuala Lumpur this Sunday.

He said Indonesia would do the same thing for Malaysian supporters at the second final match at Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Dec. 29, if Malaysia agrees on allocating the tickets.

“We’re holding talks about the issue with Malaysia; our ambassador there is talking them into it. We want some tickets allocated for Indonesian citizens living in Malaysia, as well as those who will have to fly from here to watch the match,” Andi said after a Cabinet
meeting at the Vice Presidential Office.

He refused, however, to disclose exactly how many tickets he wanted Malaysia to allocate.

Indonesia will meet Malaysia in two final matches after defeating the Philippines in two semifinal matches in Jakarta last week, both by scores of 1-0.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who watched the semifinal matches with the Philippines in the Bung Karno Stadium, has said he also wants to watch the final match between Indonesia and Malaysia in Jakarta.

3,000 extra officers to safeguard match

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 12/16/2010 3:59 PM | Sports

The Jakarta Police will deploy an extra 3,000 officers to beef up security during the soccer match between Indonesia and the Philippines tonight following the confirmed schedule that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will attend.

Personnel will be stationed in the vicinity of the Bung Karno Sports Complex as well as along the roads around it to help ease the expected heavy traffic gridlock.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Baharudin Djafar said police would team with the organizers to mount five giant screens to allow those without tickets to watch the match outside the stadium.

President buys 400 VVIP tickets for RI-RP match

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 12/16/2010 12:11 PM | Sports

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is keeping to his promise that he will watch the 2010 Asean Football Federation (AFF) Cup semifinal match between Indonesia and the Philippines tonight at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) secretary-general Nugraha Besoes confirmed the information.

“The President bought 400 VVIP tickets,” he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

A VVIP ticket costs Rp 500,000 (US$55.5), meaning that Yudhoyono spent Rp 200 million to attend the match.

The match's organizer has raised the ticket price for the West VIP section from Rp 205,000 to Rp 350,000. Tickets for the East VIP section also rose from Rp 150,000 to Rp 250,000 while tickets for other seating categories increased from Rp 25,000 to Rp 50,000.