Palembang, S Sumatra - Yohana Kalalo, a South Sumatran diver of Manado origin, will participate in Sail Banda event in Ambon, Maluku, from July 27 - August 8, 2010.
"South Sumatra will send one of its divers mainstay to participate in Sail Banda event in Maluku, as it did in Sail Bunaken at Malalayang Beach in Manado in August 2009," local chapter of Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) spokesman Asdit Abdullah said here on Saturday.
He said Sail Banda event has a number of main agenda such as yacht rally, water sport competition, game fishing, international diving tournament, Arafura games, international conference on small islands, conference on Indonesia-Australia cooperation, international seminars, seafood and fish product expo, teens domestic maritime traffic, commemoration of independence day in Kisar Island, Surya Baskara Jaya health operation, Navy to Navy talks, and port visit.
Asdit Abdullah said Yohana Kalalo would participate in a number of Sail Banda agendas in accordance with her skill as a diver.
"Sail Banda is an event to promote Maluku tourism potential like in Sail Bunaken 2009," he said. (O001/S026)
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