Saturday, November 28, 2009

Cambodia promotes special Olympic sports event

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation with the support from Australian Embassy held the special Olympic sport tournament on Friday at National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh to promote the sport events in the country.

"This sport is contributing to encourage the disabled people and low intelligent people in the country and we have never abandoned them," Meas Sarin, undersecretary of state for Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport said at the opening ceremony of the fourth national special Olympic tournament.

"It also will help our next generation to promote this sport and push them to contribute their abilities for helping the society," he added. "We have never discriminated for all kinds of people," he noted.

Chap Rotana, senior member of executive committee of the National Special Olympic Committee of Cambodia told Xinhua that this year the country has over 190 special athletes joining the full-day event.

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