Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian SEA Games Organizing Committee (Inasoc) supports various efforts to accelerate preparations for holding Sea Games XXVI in Indonesia, its chairman Rachmat Gobel said.

"We need to accelerate preparations for the Southeast Asian games because we racing against time," he said in an Inasoc coordination meeting here over the weekend.

He said that he appreciated all sides who supported the speeding up of preparations but all should be under the coordination of Inasoc so that overlapping would not take place.

Preparations are going on under the coordination of the Inasco in Jakarta and in South Sumatra (two places that would become the venues).

Rachmat said coordination should be carried out between the committee in Jakarta and South Sumatra including the installations of banners, billboards and other SEA Games symbols.

"The installations of various SEA Games attributes should remain under the coordination of Inasoc so that it would be in order," he said.

Various banners and other SEA Games attributes have been installed in various corners of Jakarta and Pelembang, capital of South Sumatra province.

The biennial sports events will be held in Jakarta and Palembang on November 11-22, 2011.

There are 44 sports events that will be competed and 545 gold medals will be at stake.

Indonesia has set itself to become the overall champion in the coming SEA Games.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the events will take place at Jakabaring Sports Stadium in Palembang.
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