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3rd Coordination Commission Meeting of the Asian Para Games gets underway in Guangzhou
10-5-2010

GUANGZHOU, May 10 -- The 3rd Coordination Commission Meeting of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games gets underway at the Guangzhou Asian Para Games Organising Committee (GAPGOC) headquarters here today.

The two-day meeting, which started off yesterday, is aimed at coordinating preparation work and overcoming pending issues on the Asian Para Games scheduled in December.

Heading the delegation from the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) in the meeting was President Datuk Zainal Abu Zarin and secretary general Ms. Malini Rajasegaran.

GAPGOC was represented by its Deputy Secretary General of GAPCOC Gu Shiyang and top officials from the organizing committee.

APC is also working hand in hand with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on various aspects of the Games including venues coordination, classification, media management and operations and sports coordination.

The first day of the meeting saw various presentations by top officials on progress of various departments in GAPGOC.

APC president Datuk Zainal was pleased with the outcome of the first day meeting, congratulating GAPCOC and saying that the organizing committee had conducted comprehensive preparation on the Games. He said, all infrastructures are in place, adding that GAPGOC is heading in the right direction in making the Games as benchmark in future Games.

“Various pending issues were settled and I’m happy that GAPGOC is doing everything in its capacity to ensure the smooth organization of the Games,” said Datuk Zainal.

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