ASEAN PARA GAMES 2011

Parallel to the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, the 2011 ASEAN ParaGames will be held 12–20 December 2011, in Surakarta (Solo), Central Jav...

Parallel to the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, the 2011 ASEAN ParaGames will be held 12–20 December 2011, in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, Indonesia. Solo's Manahan Stadium will be the main Games venue. The APG serves as an opportunity to prepare athletes for the Paralympic Games.

Patterned after the Paralympic Games, the ASEAN Para Games is a biannual regional multisport event held 2 weeks after the end of every Southeast Asian Games. Physically challenged athletes with mobility and visual disabilities, amputees or those with cerebral palsy from ASEAN member nations - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam compete in these Games.

welcome monument ASEAN PARAGAMES

Traditionally, the ASEAN ParaGames are hosted by the same country and sports venues where the Southeast Asian Games takes place. Lack of accessible facilities or inexperience in catering to the needs for disabled sport has recently triggered hosting city substitutions like Nakhon Ratchasima rather than Bangkok in the 2008 ASEAN ParaGames, or a change of country–Malaysia rather than Laos for the 2009 ASEAN ParaGames. This trend continues with the substitution of Solo rather than Jakarta in this edition of the Para Games.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open this event, citizens of the city ofSolo is also very welcome event because it will introduce the city of Solo in Southeast Asia

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