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This is to inform that the memorial service for Ms. Sieh Shen-Nern, the beloved daughter of former Olympic Council of Malaysia secretary-general Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, will be held at Nirvana 2, M2 Floor, Room 10, Agate Hall No. 16, Jalan Dewan Bahasa, Bukit Seputeh, 50460 Kuala Lumpur. Use Waze to drive to Nirvana 2, 568 Jalan Dewan Bahasa, Kuala Lumpur: https://waze.com/ul/hw283f3fm6 Day 1: 28 October 2021 (Thursday) Visiting Time: 2.00 pm – 10.00 pm   Day 2: 29 October 2021 (Friday) Visiting time: 12.00 pm – 10.00 pm Funeral Day: 30 October 2021 (Saturday) Time: 10:00 am The cortège will leave for cremation at Nirvana Crematorium Shah Alam.

  The above picture was sent to me earlier today. It shows the hall at Wisma OCM, all set for the Selangor Athletics Association extraordinary general meeting this Sunday. It could turn out to be an "explosive" affair - as reported by news website Twentytwo13 yesterday. The main issue will be about the RM110,000 from the association's fixed deposit. The problem is, those claiming that the money is "missing" can't seem to provide any form of documentation to show that the money is indeed "missing". But the series of transactions between Sept 12 and Sept 14 - as reported by Twentytwo13 - raises eyebrows. The transactions amount to RM110,000 and why were they done via the cash deposit machine?  Does this mean that the association now has over RM220,000 - RM110,000 being the fixed deposit and another RM110,000 via the recent transfers to its accounts? If the association has indeed raised that amount of money, I would like to commend those running the

This appeared in New Straits Times today. B. Satiananthan is right to say "look into grassroots". The problem is - haven't we heard this before. And isn't it obvious? It's 2021 and we are still highlighting matters that should have been normalised decades ago. Question - what is being done to address this? When will we start paying a whole lot of intention and investment into grassroots football (or sports, generally)?  Satiananthan was qouted as saying:  "I am not just talking about the Mokhtar Dahari Academy. It should be holistic changes." Betul!

Today is Hari Sukan Negara. Surprisingly missing from the launch at Wisma KBS in Putrajaya this morning are the other major stakeholders in sports - one of them being the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM). In the spirit of the much touted 'Keluarga Malaysia' concept, one would expect a key official (or two) from OCM to join Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob during the launch event. After all, didn't OCM say it wanted to play a bigger role in the Malaysian sports industry? Oh well. Today is also a day to remember for national diver Pandelela Rinong.  The Sarawakian is among the 17 recipients of the Panglima Setia Bintang Sarawak (PSBS) which carries the title ‘Datuk’ in conjunction with the 85th birthday of the Yang Dipertua Negeri, Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud today.  Last but not least, Kuala Lumpur-news website Twentytwo13 is the first media organisation from Southeast Asia to team up with Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) to usher sports into a new era of in

Hari Sukan Negara is tomorrow. More could have been done to inject the spirit of getting active among the rakyat .  HSN, as it is better known, is beyond just getting Malaysians to sweat it out. It is to meet several objectives which include: i. to promote and encourage a sports culture among the people. ii. for sports to continue despite the Covid-19 pandemic. iii. to unite the people through sports. iv. to promote sports industry. Several activities have been lined up. Visit harisukannegara.my for more information. Let's not limit the act of getting active on just one day. Let's do it everyday.  Only then we can truly become a sporting nation.

  Saya telah menerima mesej berikut: "YBhg Dato Seri Zolkeples Embong, bekas ketua pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) dan bekas KPE MASOC KL 2017 telah didapati meninggal dunia berseorangan di rumah arwah. Kematian arwah disedari oleh beberapa pegawai MSN yang cuba menghubungi beliau sejak hari Jumaat apabila mendapati beliau tidak hadir solat Jumaat di Vista MSN, Bukit Jalil.  Pagi ini (Ahad), beberapa pegawai MSN telah pergi ke rumah beliau dan didapati berkunci. Pihak polis dan bomba telah dihubungi dan selepas berjaya membuka pintu rumah, arwah telah terbaring di ruang dapur rumahnya.  Punca kematian masih belum diketahui dan jenazah akan dibawa ke Hospital Kuala Lumpur." Arwah berumur 62 tahun. Mantan Menteri Belia dan Sukan Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Khairy Jamaluddin dan Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican antara mereka yang merakamkan ucapan takziah. Negara kehilangan tokoh dunia sukan yang sungguh hebat. Ketua Pengarah MSN dan CEO KL2017 sewaktu saya di @KB