Bangkok--5 Apr--SET
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and The Table Tennis Association of Thailand (TTAT) will jointly launch the "SET Table Tennis for Everyone" project aiming to promote this sport as a tool for physical and skill improvement for Thai people, simultaneously celebrating the World Table Tennis Day on April 6.
SET President Kesara Manchusree said that in addition to the role to support investors and businesses to achieve quality growth under the vision "To Make the Capital Market 'Work' for Everyone", SET has long been promoting table tennis as realizing its potential in reaching out to all groups of people in the society. Beyond physical and mobility improvement, it can also help enhance response planning skill. In addition, SET also promotes this sport as a key sport for physical fitness including synergy among staff and capital market professionals, while working closely with the TTAT since 2014 to groom young table tennis athletes to complete at world-class league.
"To commemorate the World Table Tennis Day, SET together with the TTAT will launch the 'SET Table Tennis for Everyone' project, with the first event to be organized for children with disabilities to promote the benefits of table tennis, especially in the rehabilitation and the physical and mental improvement of youth with disabilities. At the event, Thailand's gold medalist from London Paralympics 2012, Rungroj Thainiyom, will be there to inspire all youth.
TTAT President Piradej Pruttipruk said. "We appreciate SET's initiative, being the first private organization to officially support table tennis and help move forward the association's good cause towards a great success, while promoting extensively among Thai people. Many athletes have shown outstanding performance over the past ten years."
In the first year, the "SET Table Tennis for Everyone" project aims to further promote this sport to a broader group of people in order to train more coaches who will help enhance skills of all players, embracing new players and promoting the health of Thais of all ages, genders and health conditions including the elderly and underprivileged. This year the project will work with 20 high schools nationwide alongside an effort to train 50 new coaching personnel and interested individuals, and attract a total of 10,000 youth and adult table tennis enthusiasts each year.