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Kathmandu,Thursday June 08, 2000 Jestha 26, 2057.
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Delegation against job cuts
KATHMANDU, June 7 (PR)- A
delegation of taekwondo coaches, led by chief taekwondo instructor, Dip Raj Gurung met
with the State Minister for Education and Sports, Dilendra Prasad Badu Wednesday for a
discussion over the goverment’s decision to discharge officials from the National
Sports Council.
According to a press release
issued today by Central Taekwondo Dojang, the delegation requested to look into the
problems of entire National Sports Council officials, giving them permanent place while
considering the achievement of the 8th SAF Games.
On the occasion, the delegation
also notified that the country’s sports sector would face a big crisis if those
coaches, on whom the government has invested so much over the years are removed from their
services, the release further reads. The State Minister gave an assurance that the
government would take appropriate measure for those officials.
Earlier, the delegation had met
with the Member-Secretary of NSC, Binod Shankar Palikhe, requested for consideration on
the problem. Jobs of hundreds of coaches and officials at the Council are under threat as
the government hinted the concerned authorities to take necessary steps, including job
cuts such that the budget could meet Council’s other priorities.
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