Roy Letrora Calls Local Products the Main Choice for PON XX 2021 Papua Merchandise

The Grand Committee (PB) of the Papua National Sports Week (PON) ensured that locally made products of the Cenderawasih Earth, would be the main choice to be designated as the official merchandise list for the four-yearly event.

According to Chairman II of PB PON XX 2021 for Marketing, ICT, HR and Security. Roy Letrora the merchandising selection process is still ongoing. Where so many local products are currently in the selection stage

“We have selected many local products, such as wamena honey, noken, hats, bags and others. There is also bottled drinking water. The point is we have to make a selection so that later what is determined is the best but locally made, of course," he said in Jayapura, Thursday (1/7/2021).

If it goes according to plan, he said, the list of official merchandise for PON XX Papua will be announced at the end of August.

The merchandise will include the PON XX logo or mascot. "However, there is no application of KONI Papua's Intellectual Property Rights (HaKI) to Papuan product merchandise."

“There is only a stipulation for KONI's IPR that every commercial product we return 20 percent of the margin to KONI as the holder of IPR. But there must be special exceptions for local Papuan products,” he said.

Roy on that occasion ensured that every selected local product was made, produced and the raw materials came from Papua. Therefore, for products that use raw materials from outside the region, they are automatically disqualified.

"Obviously it's impossible for everyone to enter. But what is certain is that the artificial product must really be produced and the raw material from Papua. Don't take raw materials here and produce them outside and then bring them back here doesn't fit the criteria," he said.

SOURCE : https://www.lelemuku.com/2021/07/roy-letrora-sebut-produk-lokal-jadi.html