Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to attend the Indonesia-Bahrain Pre-World Cup 2011 match at Bung Karno Stadium here on Tuesday.

For that the President and entourage have ordered 65 VVIP tickets each worth Rp500,000 or totally Rp32,5 million, official in charge of the National Team Bernhard Limbong said here on Monday.

"This is the receipts from the State Secretariate," he said to prove that the President had indeed bought a ticket.

He said the order might still be the first which could possibly be followed by another one.

"Like other people the President also pays for the ticket," he said.

He said the committee for the match has produced no less than 70,000 tickets and a day before the game all of them had been sold out.

He said the committee plans to sell as many as 40 tickets for all classes except the East VIP class directly at the stadium on Tuesday.

"According to reports that we recieved the tickets for East VIP have been sold out. Sales at Rajakarcis.com have also reached 80 percent," media officer of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI), Asep Saputra, said. (*)

Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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