Indonesia 
Land:1,904,569km2 Population: 179,379,000 
SPORT IN THE COUNTRY
 
1. TRADITIONAL SPORT AND GAMES 
 Pencak Silat: A kind of a traditional sport of self-defense. 
 Traditional wrestling: A kind of wrestling competed on the ground. 
 Egrang: Some one walk or run with two long bamboos. 
 Hading: A game that five persons against five persons in a field with 15m x 9m square. The five persons keep their area to block their opponent. 
 Patok Lele: A kind of game with a 45cm stick used to hit the 15cm stick.
 Dangongan: A group of people mutual pushing their opponent using a 5m bamboo.
 Stone Jumping: Some one should jump a big stone with 2m high. 
 Sumpitan: A blow pipe with 2m length ; some one should blow the pipe to reach the target such as in archery. 
 
2. POPULAR PARTICIPATION SPORT 
 Physical Fitness Exercise, Aerobic Sport, Jogging, Bike 
 
3. POPULAR SPECTATOR SPORT 
 Soccer, Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball. 
 
4. SPORT LEGISLATION 
 President Decree No. 17 (1984) (Compulsory exercise before office or school every Friday morning for about one hour) 
 
5. SPORT INFORMATION CENTER 
 Sport Information Center or Institution Directorate of Sports 
 Address:J1 Jenderal Sudirman, E Building 7F,Senayan,Jakarta 10270 
 Tel:(62)21.5725506 Fax:(62)21.5725043 
 
6. SPORT PARTICIPATION SURVEY 
 NA 
 
7. NUMBER OF SPORT CLUB 
 NA 
 8. FITNESS TESTING PROGRAM 
 NA 
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
Directorate of Sports, Ministry of National Education 
 
Address:Gedung E Lantai VII JI.Jendrai sudirman Senayan-Jakarta Pusat 
Tel:(62)21.5725043 Fax:(62)21,5725043 
 
1. FOUNDED YEAR 
 April, 1985 
 
2. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE 
 Mr. Sri Sudono Sumarto, Director of Sports, Occupation: Government official
 
3. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION 
 Governmental organization 
 
4. OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS 
 To increase the quality of physical fitness and to popularize sport
among the people. 
 
5. NUMBER OF STAFF 
 Full-time staff:11 
 
6. ANNUAL BUDGET 
 Approx. US$50,000-$55,000(2000) 
 Approx. US$55,000-$65,000(2001) 
 
7. SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS 
 Mass National Sport Day (HAORNAS) 
 Independent Traditional Sports Day (HUT-RI-Sport) 
 Sport for All (National and regional) 
 Traditional Sport Games 
 Games Village 
 
8. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TARGET GROUPS 
 1) Infant and Pre-school children (Age 0 to 5) : 
 No particular activities for infant and preschool children; mostly the activities depend on the initiative of their parents. 
 2) School children (Age 6 to 12) : 
 Athletic, Swimming, Gymnastics 
 3) Adolescents(Age 13 to 16) : 
 Swimming, Athletic and Gymnastics 
 4) Adult women : 
 Gymnastics and Fitness Exercise 
 5) Employees at work sites : 
 Fitness Exercise (Senam Kesegaran Jasmani) 
 6) Aged people : 
 Fitness Exercise (Senam Tera Indonesia) 
 7) People with disabilities : 
 Sport for disabled people 
 
9. LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS 
 Training for instructors 
 
10. NATIONAL PARTNERS 
 State Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs (MENOPORA) 
 National Sport Committee 
 
11. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS 
 TAFISA 
 ASFAA 
 
12. PRESENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 
 1) Human resources 
 2) Facilities 
 3) Budget 
(From the survey taken in 2000)