Philippines to lobby eight more sport at SEA Games 2009

Philippines had 42 SEA in its calendar when it hosted the 2005 SEA SEA while last year 2007 edition saw Thailand hosting 43 SEA , but the Laos 2009 SEA will only see 22 sports disciplines. This is due to the lack of finance and infrastructure of the Laos nation after decades of war

The Philippines now would like to discuss and add some eight more sports to the 2009 SEA when the Southeast Asian SEA Federation are to meet this week in Vientiane, Laos

The Pinoys would like to see the inclusion of rowing, cycling, bowling, dance sports, basketball, billiards, fencing and archery, rather than the Loas introducing lesser known sports such as kempo, muay lao, shuttlecock and petanque

Currently the SEA SEA preparation in Laos is going well with help and aid from other countries such as Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea