The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has established the Asian Indoor Games, a competition that will take place every two years, in which will be composed by sports with TV broadcasting potential and not included in the Asian Games and Winter Asian Games Programs and are not Olympic sports. The sports program will comprise of six to eight exciting sports with strong television appeal, including extreme sports, aerobics, acrobatics, indoor athletics, dance sports, futsal, inline hockey, fin swimming, and 25 metres short course swimming.

The inauguration edition of the Asian Indoor Games will be held in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of 2005.

Emblem

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The shining sun represents the Olympic Council of Asia and its vital role in Asia's sport development, at the same time, if symbolizes the robust energy created by the solidarity of the OCA. The design of the emblem is based on two Chinese characters, the powerful yellow strokes form the character ¡§people¡¨, reflecting on the vigor, vitality and unity of all the people involved, and the two sturdy blue strokes form the character ¡§two¡¨, signifying the second edition of the Indoor Asian Games.

The two green vertical strokes complete the design, representing sturdy growing plants, these symbolize both the environmental commitment of the host city, as well as the aspiration for the Indoor Asian Games to grow steadily into the future.

Together, the six simple, yet powerful strokes produce an image of a house set on solid ground, reflecting that Macao, a youthful and energetic multi-cultural city, will serve as a solid foundation for future Indoor Asian Games.

The right to host the second edition of the spectacular Asian Indoor Games in 2007 was granted to Macao at the OCA General Assembly Meeting, which was held in Kuwait on 24 January 2003. At the same meeting, the locally designed emblem of the Macao 2007, 2nd Asian Indoor Games was also unanimously approved.

Under a high degree of autonomy, the stable Macao Special Administrative Region has been enjoying steady economic growth since its establishment. In particular, following its gaming development and the various public infrastructure investments, Macao has rapidly developed its profile as an international city and tourist hub of the Pearl River Delta.

With these favorable conditions, the Macao SAR Government has been effectively implementing its sport tourism policy, which has also been most complementary to its committed sport development plans. These policy and the successful organisation of a variety of high level sporting events, as well as the sound progress with the preparatory work of the Macao 2005, 4th East Asian Games, will accumulate invaluable experience, while enhancing Macao's ability to organise the 2nd Asian Indoor Games.

The Macao 2005, 4th East Asian Games will endow the Macao 2007, 2nd Asian Indoor Games with modern sport facilities, including the Macao East Asian Games Dome, Macao Olympic Aquatic Centre, IPM Multisport Pavilion, Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, Macao Stadium Pavilion and the Macao Forum. Besides the infrastructures a pool of experienced officials, volunteers and personnel, and a series of quality supporting facilities will be ready.

Macao East Asian Games Dome
Situated in COTAI, the Macao East Asian Games Dome will be Macao's largest and most modern sport facility, a three-story multi-purpose sport complex covering a total area of 45,000 m2 and has been designed with two separate functional indoor pavilions ideal for different indoor sports and activities, as well as a large exhibition hall that can accommodate up to 2,000 people.

Pavilion I:
With a total seating capacity of more than 7,000, one of this pavilion's main features is the dedicated indoor track and field set-up; ideal for different activities, from the important Ceremonies to various sporting events.

Pavilion II:
This pavilion can seat up to 2,000 and is designed with a central stage that offers an U-shaped spectators seats setting, audiences are provided with a perfect view of the exciting activities on the stage, especially suitable for different exhibition sports, including dance sport and others.

Macao Olympic Aquatic Centre
Inaugurated on 28 March 2003, the Macao Olympic Aquatic Centre is the first major sport infrastructure investment of the Macao SAR Government to be completed covering a total area of 3,220 m2 and has a seating capacity of 1,500, the Aquatic Centre has been built with a diving pool of 25 metres by 25 metres that has an adjustable base reaching a maximum depth of 5 metres, and a 10-lane standard swimming pool, 50 metres in length.

IPM Multisport Pavilion
The state-of-the art IPM Multisport Pavilion covers a total area of over 6,200 m2 and has a seating capacity of 3,800. This modern Pavilion is ideal for different indoor sports, from a variety of x-sports to assorted ball games, and will be connected to the adjacent Macao Forum via a flyover and a short underground passage.

Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion
A modern indoor multi-sport complex that will cover a total area of more than 5,500 m2, it is built within a couple of minutes walk from a separate warm-up hall and offers a seating capacity of more than 4,000. This pavilion is suitable for a variety of indoor sports, from aerobics, gymnastics to different ball games.

Macao Forum
Connected to the adjacent IPM Multisport Pavilion and Media Centre, the Macao Forum is a popular and functional indoor venue, and has two pavilions and ample exhibition space. The main pavilion can seat up to 4,000 and offers a competition area of 45 meters by 25 meters and a ceiling height of 12 meters, it is ideal for different sports and cultural activities. The second pavilion offers a space of 30 meters by 15 meters, with its theatre style-seating format, which can accommodate over 300 people; this is suitable for different spectator sports and shows.

New website launch :
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Asian Indoor Games is an exciting new biennial multisport event created by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for its 45 member National Olympic Committees. Its main objectives are to provide additional means to promote the Olympic ideal, and to encourage higher level of participation from the youths of Asia via the promotion of a greater variety of sports.

Covering sports that are not included in the Asian Games and the Winter Games, and are non Olympic sports, the sports program of the Asian Indoor Games will be generally made up of six to eight sports with strong TV broadcasting appeal. These include extreme sports, aerobics, acrobatics, indoor athletics, dance sports, futsal, inline/roller skating hockey, fin swimming, and 25 metres short course swimming.

The inauguration edition of the Asian Indoor Games will be held in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of 2005 and the second edition will be held in Macau in 2007.

Following the successful bid to host the 2nd edition of the Asian Indoor Games at the 22nd OCA General Assembly held in Kuwait in January 2003, the Host City contract of the Macau 2007, 2nd Asian Indoor Games was signed between the city of Macau and the OCA on 20 August 2003. While the Macao 2nd Asian Indoor Games Organising Committee (MAIGOC) has been legally established in May 2004 to commence on the series of preparatory work for this innovative multisport event.

Venue Information

Macao East Asian Games Dome
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Conclusion Date: December 2004
Nearby facilities: International Shooting Range, Macau Tennis Academy & Bowling Centre

Main Arena
Seats: Total 7,087 seats
3,820 fixed seats
1,708 retractable seats
1,559 removable seats
Suited Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Wushu, Taekwondo, Karate-do, Badminton, Table Tennis, Futsal, all ball sports, combat sports, DanceSport, Indoor Track and Field, extreme Sports

Secondary Hall
Seats: 1,992 fixed seats
Suited Sports: Exhibition sports , most ball games, combat sports
Exhibition Hall
Suited Functions: Exhibition, Trade Fairs

Convention Centre
Capacity: 2,000 people
Suited Functions: Ideal for large banquets, large scale meetings, exhibitions and conventions

Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion
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Conclusion Date: October 2004
Nearby Facilities: Vasco da Gama Car Park, 6 Hotels

Pavilion
Seats: Total 3,316 seats.
2,043 fixed seats,
1,084 retractable seats and
189 VIP seats.
Suited Sports: Basketball, Futsal, Gymnastics, Karate-do, Taekwando, Weightlifting, Wushu, Badminton, Handball, Table Tennis, Volleyball

Macau Stadium and Pavilion
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Conclusion Date: December 2004
Nearby facilities: Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre, Hockey Centre, 4 floors and outdoor car park, Multi-purpose Zone, two 4-star hotels, Macau Jockey Club

Stadium

Seats: Total 16,251 seats
13,378 fixed seats
954 VIP seasts
1,919 press seats
Suited Sports: Football, Track and Field

Pavilion
Seats: Total 908 seats
368 fixed seats
540 retractable seats
Suited Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Wushu, Taekwando, Karate-do, Badminton, Table Tennis, Futsal, Gymnastics, Acrobatic Cycling.

IPM Multisport Pavilion
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Nearby facilities: Macau Forum, Media and Information Centre, New Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal, 10 hotels

Pavilion
Seats: Total 3,742 seats.
2,636 fixed Seats,
768 retractable seats
168 press seats
170 VIP seats.
Suited Sports: Basketball, Karate-do, Taekwando, Wushu, Handball, Badminton, Futsal, Table Tennis, Volleyball

Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre
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Seats: 1,500 fixed seats
Nearby facilities: Macau Stadium and Pavilion, Hockey Centre, 4 floors and outdoor car park, Multi-purpose Zone, two 4-star hotels, Macau Jockey Club

50m Pool
Use: Aquatic sports, from swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo to fin swimming.
25m Pool
Use: Diving. Also functions as the main pool's warm-up pool during competitions.

Macau Forum
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Construction Details: Change to diffusion air-conditioning system, change VIP seats
Conclusion Date: August 2004
Nearby Facilities: Media and Information Centre, IPM Multisport Pavilion, New Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal, 10 hotels

Forum I
Seats: 3,895 fixed seats
Suited Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Wushu, Taekwando, Karate-do, Badminton, Table Tennis, Futsal, DanceSport, Roller Hockey

Media and Information Centre
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Conclusion Date: August 2004
Functions: Built to house the Main Press Centre and the International Broadcasting Centre.
Nearby facilities : Macau Forum, IPM Multisport Pavilion, New Macau Maritime Ferry Terminal, 10 hotels

Sport Description

Aerobics

Originated from traditional aerobic dance, Sport Aerobics is an artistic sport that requires the athletes to perform continuous complex and high intensive movement routine. A choreography of basic aerobic dance steps with arm movements performed to music to create dynamic, rhythmic and continuous sequences of high and low impact movements, avoiding repeated movements.

DanceSport

Also known as competitive ballroom dancing, where male and female athletes pair up to compete together in two distinct styles: Standard and Latin. Adding up to 10 different dances: Waltz, Tango, Viennese, Slow Foxtrot and Quickstep are under Standard Dances; while Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso Double and Jive are under Latin Dances. Each dance has its own characteristics and rhythmic timing. Competitors should dance anticlockwise and dance through central line.

e-Sports

As a consequence of the astronomical advances in Information and Technology, and the emergence of massively multiplayer platforms, a new kind of sports had appeared. Competitors challenge each others in their favorite games, which were decided according to various factors, such as, its popularity and possibility to organize tournaments. It requires high levels of concentration and hand/eye coordination.

Sports Climbing

It is divided into two disciplines: Speed Climbing and Difficulty Climbing. In Speed Climbing, two climbers challenge in a head-to-head competition to see who can tag the buzzer at the top of the wall first. Both competitors climb simultaneously on separate, but identical routes. In Difficulty Climbing, it is the difficulty of the route that discriminates the winner. The judging is according to the climbers achieved within the identical time.

Bike Stunt Park

Bikers air, flip, spin and grind their way through a park course consisting of spines, quarter pipes, wedge ramps, handrails and some street oriented obstacles. Bikers have 60-75 seconds to impress the judges with the difficulty of their tricks and use of the course.

Bike Stunt Vert

Bikers compete in a halfpipe. Each of them completes 2 runs between 45 to 60 seconds with the better score taken for final standing.

Bike Stunt Flatland

Competitors square off in an event that embodies the true spirit of biking through its demand of balance, agility, and patience. The contest is held on flat piece asphalt, which is where the name originated. The riders are judged on style, difficulty, originality, creativity, execution and overall performance. They lose points every time they touch the ground.

Skateboard Park

Skaters try to accumulate points by maneuvering over, through and onto obstacles, grinding on ledges and handrails in a planned course. They are judged on creativity, amplitude and their ability to use the entire course. Each skater has 60 seconds per run with the best-of-two score taken as the final for the leader board.

Skateboard Vert

Skaters compete in a halfpipe. They have 45 seconds to put together a run that's not only judged on amplitude out of the pipe, but also different kind of technical tricks. In the Final, each skater takes three 45 seconds runs with the best score serving as the final score in the standing.

Aggressive Inline Skating Park

Skaters try to accumulate points by maneuvering over, through and onto obstacles, in a planned course. The course is comprised of ledges, handrails, wedge ramps, quarter pipes, spine ramps and street-oriented obstacles. Each skater has 60 seconds per run with the best-of-two score taken as the final for the leader board. Scores are based on style, difficulty, consistency and line.

Aggressive Inline Skating Vert

Skaters are challenged to link tricks together in a smooth and exciting run. Each competitor completes two 50-second runs performing tricks in the half pipe. The greater score of the two runs is assigned as the competitor's best score. Scores are based on style, difficulty and consistency.

Futsal

It is derived from the Spanish or Portuguese word for "soccer", FUTbol or FUTebol, and the French or Spanish word for "indoor", SALon or SALa. It is played by 5-man teams (4 players and 1 goalkeeper). The team that scores more goals within the competition time, played over two 20-minutes periods, will be the winner. The maximum number of substitutes is 7, and there is no limitation on the number of substitutes made during the match. The player substituted is allowed to re-substitute other players. There is 1 minute's time-out for each team in each half of the match. It is also the only international form of indoor soccer approved by the Fédératione Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Indoor Athletics

Athletics is one of the most popular sports in the world. Usually practiced in an open-air stadium it can also be hosted indoor, where the racing distances are shortened with the track being only 200 meters in length. The spectacular of the show is enhanced with the intimacy provided by an indoor venue.

Indoor Cycling

It is divided into two disciplines: cycleball and artistic cycling. Cycleball is played by men only. Each team consists of 2 players who may act as goalkeeper or field player. The team that scores the most goals within the competition time of 14 minutes will be the winner. For artistic cycling, riders perform different figures for each discipline: single, dual and team for 4 and 6 riders. The performance starts with the lowest level of difficulty and finishes with the highest. The judging is divided into performance and difficulty. Indoor Cycling requires concentration, balance and responsiveness from its athletes.

Roller Hockey

It is a high speed ball sport that involves full body contact between its players. Wearing four wheeled roller skates, 2 teams compete in a smooth and seamless surfaced arena; each team is made up of 1 goalkeeper and 4 players during the game. Roller hockey matches last 40 minutes, broken into two halves of 20 minutes each.

Short Course Swimming

Swimming competitions are divided into long and short course. The events of short course swimming competitions are separated by the different strokes. Although short course swimming has its own dedicated facilities, however, standard swimming pool can also be used. Since 1993, the International Swimming Federation has been organizing the biannual short course world swimming championships (25m).

Skateboard
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Indoor cycling
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Dance sport
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Muay Thai
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Hoop Takraw
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Aerobics

Originated from traditional aerobic dance, Sport Aerobics is an artistic sport that requires the athletes to perform continuous complex and high intensive movement routine. A choreography of basic aerobic dance steps with arm movements performed to music to create dynamic, rhythmic and continuous sequences of high and low impact movements, avoiding repeated movements.

DanceSport

Also known as competitive ballroom dancing, where male and female athletes pair up to compete together in two distinct styles: Standard and Latin. Adding up to 10 different dances: Waltz, Tango, Viennese, Slow Foxtrot and Quickstep are under Standard Dances; while Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso Double and Jive are under Latin Dances. Each dance has its own characteristics and rhythmic timing. Competitors should dance anticlockwise and dance through central line.

e-Sports

As a consequence of the astronomical advances in Information and Technology, and the emergence of massively multiplayer platforms, a new kind of sports had appeared. Competitors challenge each others in their favorite games, which were decided according to various factors, such as, its popularity and possibility to organize tournaments. It requires high levels of concentration and hand/eye coordination.

Sports Climbing

It is divided into two disciplines: Speed Climbing and Difficulty Climbing. In Speed Climbing, two climbers challenge in a head-to-head competition to see who can tag the buzzer at the top of the wall first. Both competitors climb simultaneously on separate, but identical routes. In Difficulty Climbing, it is the difficulty of the route that discriminates the winner. The judging is according to the climbers achieved within the identical time.

Bike Stunt Park

Bikers air, flip, spin and grind their way through a park course consisting of spines, quarter pipes, wedge ramps, handrails and some street oriented obstacles. Bikers have 60-75 seconds to impress the judges with the difficulty of their tricks and use of the course.

Bike Stunt Vert

Bikers compete in a halfpipe. Each of them completes 2 runs between 45 to 60 seconds with the better score taken for final standing.

Bike Stunt Flatland

Competitors square off in an event that embodies the true spirit of biking through its demand of balance, agility, and patience. The contest is held on flat piece asphalt, which is where the name originated. The riders are judged on style, difficulty, originality, creativity, execution and overall performance. They lose points every time they touch the ground.

Skateboard Park

Skaters try to accumulate points by maneuvering over, through and onto obstacles, grinding on ledges and handrails in a planned course. They are judged on creativity, amplitude and their ability to use the entire course. Each skater has 60 seconds per run with the best-of-two score taken as the final for the leader board.

Skateboard Vert

Skaters compete in a halfpipe. They have 45 seconds to put together a run that's not only judged on amplitude out of the pipe, but also different kind of technical tricks. In the Final, each skater takes three 45 seconds runs with the best score serving as the final score in the standing.

Aggressive Inline Skating Park

Skaters try to accumulate points by maneuvering over, through and onto obstacles, in a planned course. The course is comprised of ledges, handrails, wedge ramps, quarter pipes, spine ramps and street-oriented obstacles. Each skater has 60 seconds per run with the best-of-two score taken as the final for the leader board. Scores are based on style, difficulty, consistency and line.

Aggressive Inline Skating Vert

Skaters are challenged to link tricks together in a smooth and exciting run. Each competitor completes two 50-second runs performing tricks in the half pipe. The greater score of the two runs is assigned as the competitor's best score. Scores are based on style, difficulty and consistency.

Futsal

It is derived from the Spanish or Portuguese word for "soccer", FUTbol or FUTebol, and the French or Spanish word for "indoor", SALon or SALa. It is played by 5-man teams (4 players and 1 goalkeeper). The team that scores more goals within the competition time, played over two 20-minutes periods, will be the winner. The maximum number of substitutes is 7, and there is no limitation on the number of substitutes made during the match. The player substituted is allowed to re-substitute other players. There is 1 minute's time-out for each team in each half of the match. It is also the only international form of indoor soccer approved by the Fédératione Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Indoor Athletics

Athletics is one of the most popular sports in the world. Usually practiced in an open-air stadium it can also be hosted indoor, where the racing distances are shortened with the track being only 200 meters in length. The spectacular of the show is enhanced with the intimacy provided by an indoor venue.

Indoor Cycling

It is divided into two disciplines: cycleball and artistic cycling. Cycleball is played by men only. Each team consists of 2 players who may act as goalkeeper or field player. The team that scores the most goals within the competition time of 14 minutes will be the winner. For artistic cycling, riders perform different figures for each discipline: single, dual and team for 4 and 6 riders. The performance starts with the lowest level of difficulty and finishes with the highest. The judging is divided into performance and difficulty. Indoor Cycling requires concentration, balance and responsiveness from its athletes.

Roller Hockey

It is a high speed ball sport that involves full body contact between its players. Wearing four wheeled roller skates, 2 teams compete in a smooth and seamless surfaced arena; each team is made up of 1 goalkeeper and 4 players during the game. Roller hockey matches last 40 minutes, broken into two halves of 20 minutes each.

Short Course Swimming

Swimming competitions are divided into long and short course. The events of short course swimming competitions are separated by the different strokes. Although short course swimming has its own dedicated facilities, however, standard swimming pool can also be used. Since 1993, the International Swimming Federation has been organizing the biannual short course world swimming championships (25m).

The Macau 2nd Asian Indoor Games Organising Committee (MAIGOC) participated in the 24th general assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in Guangzhou, where the chairman of the board of directors, Manuel Silvério, presented a progress report on the preparations for the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in 2007. His presentation updated delegates on the venues, human resources and sports events.

The president of the OCA, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, having visited Macau earlier in the week, expressed his full confidence in MAIGOC¡¦s ability to stage a successful multi-sports event.

Mr Silvério said that the experience gained through hosting the 4th East Asian Games should guarantee the smooth running of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in terms of the competitions, hospitality, marketing, doping control, medical services, security, cultural programmes, protocol and other important areas. In addition to the venues available for the 4th East Asian Games, MAIGOC is also planning to use a new sports pavilion at the Macau University of Science and Technology, which should be inaugurated in 2007. This will provide even more modern facilities for the athletes.

On the human resources front, MAIGOC will be able to utilise the experience and the knowledge of the personnel involved in the running of the 4th East Asian Games, ensuring a successful 2nd Asian Indoor Games.

Explaining Macau as a growing tourist hub in the region, Mr Silvério pointed out that Macau has a total of 10,456 hotel rooms available, and, before the 2nd Asian Indoor Games comes to town, a further 13 four or five-star hotels will be opened, adding at least 6,700 deluxe-category hotel rooms to the present supply.

"Therefore, we believe the hotel supply of Macau will be able to meet the needs of the Asian Indoor Games," Mr Silvério said.

Mr Silvério also updated the meeting on the progress of the sports programme for the 2nd Asian Indoor Games. Although some of the federation didn¡¦t provide suggestion for MAIGOC, after consulting with the other relevant sports federations, the tentative plan is to hold 11 sports featuring 136 events in an eight-day programme which include 4 for Aerobics; 12 events for Dancesport; 6 events for Electronic Sports; A total of 18 events for Extreme Sports; a Men¡¦s and a women¡¦s event for Futsal; 2 for Hoop Takraw; 28 events for the Indoor Athletics; 5 events for the Indoor Cycling; 1 event for the fast paced Indoor Hockey; 18 for Muay; and 40 events for the 25 meters Short Course Swimming.

But this has not been finalized, and needs further discussions with the OCA sports committee, OCA technical department and the Asian Indoor Games coordination committee as OCA is considering including some of the sports like Bowling, Kickboxing, Chess and Darts from the Asian Games Summer Sports Program to that of Asian Games.

Mr Silvério added that the public still needed educating about the Asian Indoor Games as it was a new concept, and would use the 4th East Asian Games to promote MAIGOC via the television stations, which have the scope to reach almost 90 per cent of the world¡¦s population.

The OCA executive board also gave their approval to the MAIGOC mascot, Mei Mei, which was then presented to the Asian delegates and Manuel Silvério also pointed out that the trademarks of the logo and mascot of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games have already registered.

During the general assembly, the OCA president described Macau as a beautiful city, and assured the delegates that Macau was ready to stage multi-sports events after his inspection visit earlier in the week. Sheikh Ahmad said he was confident Macau would host a successful Asian Indoor Games in two years time.

Members of the delegation of Macao who also attended the meeting include MOC president Eddie Laam, second vice president, Ma Iao Hang, treasurer Frederico Nolasco da Silva, executive committee members Pau Ma Chong and Antonio Fernandes, the director of international relations and marketing, Isabel da Silva, and MOC accounts committee rapporteur Pedro Chau as director Wallis O Lam and the other members of MAIGOC also attended. All members of MAIGOC and MOC attended the farewell cocktail hosted by OCA and the the dinner hosted by the Chinese Olympic Committee and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games Organising Committee in White Swan Hotel. The delegation returns to Macau today (September 10)

The Macao 2nd Asian Indoor Games Organising Committee (MAIGOC) Board of Directors meeting was held on 19 July during which members approved the year 2005 budget and discussed arrangements for coming OCA meeting.

Presided by MAIGOC Chairman of the Board of Directors Manuel Silvério, attendees include Company Secretary Bruno Nunes, Directors Eddie Laam Wah Ying, Hong Wai, Peter Ung Hoi Ian, Allen Lau Cho Un, Wallis O Lam, Isabel da Silva and Eric Chau Ka Lai. MEAGOC Board member Gisela Nunes, Directors Manuel Pinto and João Ribeiro also attended the meeting as observers.

The Board members discussed and approved the budgets of Macau 2007, 2nd Indoor Games and 1st Lusofonia Games of the year 2005, as well as conferred with the preparations and related materials needed for the future several meetings. These include the OCA Coordination Meeting of 1st & 2nd Asian Indoor Games to be held in Thailand of Bangkok on 28 July; the OCA Secretary General Meeting, OCA Standing Committees' Meeting, 44th OCA Executive Board Meeting and 24th OCA General Assembly to be held in Guangzhou of China from 7 to 9 September. In addition, approved by the OCA, the large scale promotions of the 4th East Asian Games and 2nd Indoor Games can be held during the OCA General Assembly. For this purpose, a working group organized by 3 people will figure out a plan for the large scale promotions and to extend the information about the preparations for the above Games to visitors from Asia.

"Since the establishment of MAIGOC, the preparations of the three sizeable multisport games (4th East Asian Games, 1st Lusofonia Games and 2nd Indoor Games) have started on the basis of the idea of further development and maximization of the various resources in Macau. I believe that the details of the 2nd Indoor Games work out at a much larger scale after the 4th East Asian Games in the third or fourth quarters this year" said Manuel Silvério.

Delegations of the Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees (ACOLOP) gather in Macau today for the General Assembly of ACOLOP to be held on 17 July. There will be Signing Ceremony of co-operation agreement between the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe and Macau Olympic Committee.
The General Assembly of ACOLOP will be held at MEAGOC's Headquarters at 10:00 on 17 July. Issues about the 1st ACOLOP Games held next year will be discussed in the meeting. ACOLOP Games Organising Commission will conven the delegations at Hyatt Hotel tonight. The Signing Ceremony of co-operation agreement of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe and Macau Olympic Committee will be held before the gala dinner.
The delegations will visit some sports venues and the Embassy of Portugal in Macao, and meet chairman of European Committee Durão José Barroso in the afternoon as well as having dinner with representatives of Portuguese community in Macao. They will officially visit Chief Executive of Macao SAR Government Edmund Ho Hau Wah at the Macao SAR Government Headquarters in the Monday morning and attend the Inauguration Ceremony of Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre and test events of Dragon Boat and Rowing in the afternoon.
The Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees was established in Portugal on the 8th of June. Its purpose is to build up a system to stimulate through sport the cooperation between the Portuguese Speaking countries and regions. Newly elected office bearers were Vicente Moura (President of Portugal Olympic Committee) as President, Manuel Silvério (1st Vice President of Macau Olympic Committee) as Vice President and Rogério da Silva (President of Angola Olympic Committee) as Secretary General.
The Association's founding members include Portugal, China Macau, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissa, Cape Verde, Brazil, East Timor, São Tome and Príncipe, and Equatorial Guinea which is an associate-member country.
In the constitutional assembly, it was agreed that the 1st Games of the Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees would be held in Macao in 2006. The dates for the Games and detailed information about the Games will be developed by Macao.

The Macau 2nd Asian Indoor Games Organising Committee (MAIGOC) participated in the 24th general assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in Guangzhou, where the chairman of the board of directors, Manuel Silvério, presented a progress report on the preparations for the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in 2007. His presentation updated delegates on the venues, human resources and sports events.

The president of the OCA, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, having visited Macau earlier in the week, expressed his full confidence in MAIGOC's ability to stage a successful multi-sports event.

Mr Silvério said that the experience gained through hosting the 4th East Asian Games should guarantee the smooth running of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in terms of the competitions, hospitality, marketing, doping control, medical services, security, cultural programmes, protocol and other important areas. In addition to the venues available for the 4th East Asian Games, MAIGOC is also planning to use a new sports pavilion at the Macau University of Science and Technology, which should be inaugurated in 2007. This will provide even more modern facilities for the athletes.

On the human resources front, MAIGOC will be able to utilise the experience and the knowledge of the personnel involved in the running of the 4th East Asian Games, ensuring a successful 2nd Asian Indoor Games.

Explaining Macau as a growing tourist hub in the region, Mr Silvério pointed out that Macau has a total of 10,456 hotel rooms available, and, before the 2nd Asian Indoor Games comes to town, a further 13 four or five-star hotels will be opened, adding at least 6,700 deluxe-category hotel rooms to the present supply.

"Therefore, we believe the hotel supply of Macau will be able to meet the needs of the Asian Indoor Games," Mr Silvério said.

Mr Silvério also updated the meeting on the progress of the sports programme for the 2nd Asian Indoor Games. Although some of the federation didn't provide suggestion for MAIGOC, after consulting with the other relevant sports federations, the tentative plan is to hold 11 sports featuring 136 events in an eight-day programme which include 4 for Aerobics; 12 events for Dancesport; 6 events for Electronic Sports; A total of 18 events for Extreme Sports; a Men's and a women's event for Futsal; 2 for Hoop Takraw; 28 events for the Indoor Athletics; 5 events for the Indoor Cycling; 1 event for the fast paced Indoor Hockey; 18 for Muay; and 40 events for the 25 meters Short Course Swimming.

But this has not been finalized, and needs further discussions with the OCA sports committee, OCA technical department and the Asian Indoor Games coordination committee as OCA is considering including some of the sports like Bowling, Kickboxing, Chess and Darts from the Asian Games Summer Sports Program to that of Asian Games.

Mr Silvério added that the public still needed educating about the Asian Indoor Games as it was a new concept, and would use the 4th East Asian Games to promote MAIGOC via the television stations, which have the scope to reach almost 90 per cent of the world?|s population.

The OCA executive board also gave their approval to the MAIGOC mascot, Mei Mei, which was then presented to the Asian delegates and Manuel Silvério also pointed out that the trademarks of the logo and mascot of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games have already registered.

During the general assembly, the OCA president described Macau as a beautiful city, and assured the delegates that Macau was ready to stage multi-sports events after his inspection visit earlier in the week. Sheikh Ahmad said he was confident Macau would host a successful Asian Indoor Games in two years time.

Members of the delegation of Macao who also attended the meeting include MOC president Eddie Laam, second vice president, Ma Iao Hang, treasurer Frederico Nolasco da Silva, executive committee members Pau Ma Chong and Antonio Fernandes, the director of international relations and marketing, Isabel da Silva, and MOC accounts committee rapporteur Pedro Chau as director Wallis O Lam and the other members of MAIGOC also attended. All members of MAIGOC and MOC attended the farewell cocktail hosted by OCA and the the dinner hosted by the Chinese Olympic Committee and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games Organising Committee in White Swan Hotel. The delegation returns to Macau today.

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The Asian Indoor Games are only 4 months away and there has been no 2007 Asian Indoor Games-related discussions since 2 years ago!

I think because the bad logo...LOL

I don't think it is because of the logo, but because of the very bad impressions of super over-budget and corrpution when building the East Asian Games Dome.

Apart from Ao Man Long games East Asian Games were a sucess ...

I think because the bad logo...LOL

The reason is because Asian Indoor Game is still a very new sport event (it was held first time in Bangkok in 2005) and its not a major sport event

I don't think it is because of the logo, but because of the very bad impressions of super over-budget and corrpution when building the East Asian Games Dome.

Hopefully this will not be happen again. There aren’t any new stadiums purpose to build for this game so I believe the budgets set will be much lower than any of the previous events like East Asia game and Lusophony Games.

Police took a man for further investigation hours after posting a message on the Internet which claimed that he had planted a bomb at the Macau Stadium, the venue where the opening ceremony of the Asian Indoor Games (AIG) was held.

Meanwhile, the opening ceremony of the 2nd AIG went ahead with no incidents reported.

The hoax was found at about 17:00 yesterday (26 October). A man, under the name ‘aig2007macau’, posted an article claiming that he was ‘unfairly treated’ after being ‘injured’ and ‘lost 20% of working ability’ when carrying out duties.

The message claimed that two TNT bombs were planted at the venue where the opening ceremony of the AIG, with details of detonation given. The author demanded MOP10 million to be deposited at a bank account.

An emergency meeting was held immediately after reading the message, and decided to continue the opening ceremony as usual, but security of the venue was tightened, sources told the Macao Daily News.

The source from which the article was posted was traced, and a man was taken by the Judiciary Police in connection of the case.

CyberCTM, the discussion forum where the post was found, deleted the post at about 19:00. The website was also suspended to facilitate investigation.

source (http://www.blogmacau.info/blog/?p=1836)

CyberCTM always has this kind of junk posts. It is over the top this time.

THE second Asian Indoor Games got off to a colourful start at the Macau Stadium, which was officially opened by chief executive Edmund Ho.

Some 3,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries and regions are taking part in 17 sports and three demonstration sports in this edition of the Games.

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The evening was presented by a total of 5,000 performers from more than 10 local associations, including the Song of Lotus by mainland singer Tang Can and performance by popular singer from Hong Kong Joey Yung and hot band from Taiwan Fahrenheit

source (http://macaudailyblog.com/macau-events/asian-indoor-games-off-to-a-good-start/)

Macau ranks on the 8th place with winning 2 golds and 2 silver medals

http://www.maigoc2007.com/php/medal_list.php?lan=cn