14 COUNTRIES TO COMPETE IN PERAK AMANJAYA INTERNATIONAL ECO ADVENTURE

IPOH (Malaysia), Dec 1 (Bernama) -- The Perak AmanJaya International Eco
Adventure, a five-day athletic competition in Malaysia's northern state of
Perak, has attracted 17 teams from 14 countries.

State Arts, Culture and Sports Committee Chairman Zainol Fadzli Pahruddin
said among countries that confirmed their participation are Sweden, United
States, Taiwan, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, New Zealand, France, South Africa,
Canada, Singapore, Finland and Mongolia.

The five-day competition requires each two-member team to cover a total of
212km within an anticipated time of 28 hours in five main adventure disciplines
- cycling, canoeing, trekking, caving and swimming.

Zainol said the event would help promote Perak as a eco-tourism destination
through ESPN Star Sports, which had agreed to become the official broadcast
media for the event which is expected to reach about 1.3 billion viewers,
worldwide.

He added that ESPN Star Sports had agreed to telecast the three-hour event
while there will be repeat telecast of up to a total 75 hours to audiences
across a wide spectrum of demographics across Asia with their extensive
broadcast networks.
--BERNAMA