P6 Billion State-Of-The-Art Philippine Olympic City To Be Constructed In Clark
A P6 billion Philippine Sports City will rise in a
50-hectare lot inside the proposed Green City in Clark, Pampanga in
preparation for the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in
2019.
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair William I. Ramirez
revealed the news during a press conference where he also announced his newly
appointed commissioners in the government sports body.
The four Commissioners are Charles Raymond Maxey, Ramon “El
Presidente” Fernandez, Arnold Agustin and Celia Kiram.
Furthermore, Ramirez said the Olympic City will include an
Athletes Village, National Sports Training Center- complete with an
ultra-modern track and field oval and the Sports Institute also equipped with
modern facilities for the scientific sports training and development of
Filipino athletes.
The modernized sports plan covers a wide array of programs
like sports medicine-nutrition-sports psychology and conditioning; nutrition;
and athletes and coaches career and advancement.
Moreover, Ramirez said that “this is not a lip service”
stressing the commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte to strengthen Philippine
sports and lift Filipino athletes to new heights which form part of the plan to
revive the Philippine Sports Institute through an Executive Order to be signed
by the President.
Ramirez, also the head of PSC when the country bagged the
overall championship in the 2005 Manila SEAG, said the construction of the
Olympic City is a government-to-government “usufruct” undertaking together with
the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).
In addition, he emphasized that government has to take the
lead in unifying and improving Philippine sports, lamenting that “we are
dreaming for an Olympic gold but we cannot even provide a decent dormitory to
our athletes.”
The PSC buckled down to work for their first official board
meeting after the almost one hour press conference.
Ramirez said topping their agenda include the setting up of
more clear policies on sports program, athletes’ welfare, and its relations
with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the 52 National Sports
Associations (NSAs) which are regular voting members of POC.
P6 Billion State-Of-The-Art Philippine Olympic City To Be Constructed In Clark
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