Team manager Eugene Loo of the Singapore Football Association has expressed satisfaction over the conditions of the official playing venues for men's football during the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, Eric Loretizo, secretary-general of the Bacolod SEAG Organizing Committee, said yesterday.

Men's football, the centerpiece event of the biennial meet, will be hosted at the Paglaum Sports Complex and the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City from Nov. 20 to Dec. 5.

Loo decided to inspect the sites because of the positive feedback that he got from the other Singaporeans who have visited Bacolod City, Loretizo said, adding that Loo also checked the hotel accommodations of the Singaporean contingent and the food supply in the malls.

Other disciplines set in Bacolod City for the 16-day, 11-country conclave are weightlifting, indoor volleyball, boxing and beach volleyball. The Singaporean official also gave high marks to Bacolod City because of its cleanliness and accessibility between the playing venues and billeting facilities, he said.

The BaSoc is happy at the progress of the contractors' work on the 34-year-old PSC as everything is moving fast with them working day and night, he added.

Loretizo said the obstacles to hastening the rehabilitation of the sports complex are the squatters who have not yet vacated the rooms underneath the grandstand to be used as function rooms during the biennial meet.

The local organizing committee is processing the documents of the squatters who are qualified for relocation with the Bacolod Housing Authority, he added.

He said there are no problems in the preparations at the Panaad Park and Stadium that will also be the site for the welcoming ceremonies of the Bacolod SEA Games.

Countries that will see action in the international event are Singapore, Malaysia, East Timor, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei and host Philippines.*CIT

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