We had got a good response from the media crew.
Surakarta, C Java The Indonesian ASEAN Para Games Organizing Committee (INASPOC) provided two disabled massage therapists to serve the media crew during the implementation of the 11th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in Surakarta City, Central Java Province.
“It is a good opportunity, especially to show that we (disabled people) can (also) strive,” a blind therapist, Sartono, stated at the 11th APG Media Center here on Saturday.
The service has been provided for free from July 29 to August 6, 2022.
“We had received a good response from the media crew. Yesterday, (Friday, July 29), at the opening of the service, some 16 journalists sought our services, including journalists from Malaysia,” Sartono noted.
He works with his colleague, Sugeng, who is also blind, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB, UTC+7) every day.
The media staff, who sought their services usually had minor health problems, such as fatigue and muscle ache, Satono remarked.
Satono — who is also a civil servant at the Central Java Provincial Social Affairs Office — noted that it was his first time to be involved in a Southeast Asian multi-sports event.
Source: Antara News