The “old-fashioned” or “outdated” mentality of senior officials at state institutions poses difficulties in introducing new sports for Maldivian youth, chamber of commerce vice president Mohamed Asif has said.
At a ceremony to open a biannual street market, Asif said that previous efforts to reintroduce new sports were thwarted, reported CNM.
Yesterday’s ceremony featured a display of paramotor or powered paraglider flights for the first time in the Maldives.
Asif said the chamber plans to bring foreign pilots to introduce paramotoring as a sport to Maldivian youth.
The paramotor consists of a small motor driving a propeller, which is worn like a backpack.
Asif came under fire recently over a video filmed at the national art gallery depicting Austrian models with body paint. The video was filmed in March by Austrian company WB Productions as part of an installation art project on violence against women, who were invited by Asif on behalf Maldivian National Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MNCCI).
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