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UPDATE 10.45pm: Msia lost 3-2 to 10-men Bahrain despite enjoying a 2-0 lead. ------ Perhaps on this holy day our Harimau Malaya could finally earn their points since playing in Round 3 of the Asian Zone Olympic qualifiers. Malaysia play Bahrain at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil tonight (8.45pm kick off). National coach Ong Kim Swee has promised the fans a "good showing". The defenders and midfielders have been playing well. Now let's hope the strikers play their part and get the goals. If we lose tonight, we can kiss our Olympic dream goodbye. As Prime Minister Najib Razak said in his in his special interview with Bernama in conjunction with the Umno General Assembly: If we are determined and strong-willed, then, like what the Young Tigers have proven, we will be able to triumph over the immense pressure being heaped upon us; although it was not a level playing field in Jakarta, our team made it. The Young Tigers are now an inspiration to many, and hopefully th...

The Young Lions will feature in the M-League next year. Now another foreign team could be part of the action as Cambodia club Preah Khan Reach FC have stated their interest to play in Malaysia. An announcement will only be made after officials from the FA of Malaysia and the Cambodian club during the AFF Council meeting in Laos on Saturday. Read Harian Metro's Kemboja minat Piala FA 2012 and Borneo Post's Cambodian Club to play in M-league next season . PKR FC (no affiliation to Parti Keadilan Rakyat) were placed third in the league as hitman Phany Irath ( pic ) scored 10 goals throughout the season. HD says: One thing for sure there will be plenty of Cambodians at the stands - reminding one of the days when Indonesians Bambang Pamungkas and Elie Aiboy played for Selangor.

The new healthcare system - 1Care for 1Malaysia - will be managed by a single body. Many had earlier assumed that if it is run by a single company, it would spell monopoly as seen here . There are those who believe there is nothing wrong with the current system as written here . Several GPs spoke to the author claiming the whole project "is rushed". It was reported in the NST last year that it will take at least 10 years for the scheme to be implemented but the ministry have broken the time line into several phrases with a bulk of the project being introduced by 2015 with full implementation in 2020. This was confirmed by deputy health minister Rosnah Rashid Shirlin ( pic ) who told the author the funds of the 1Care system will be managed by "a single not-for-profit government autonomous agency that will be supervised by the Health Ministry (MoH)". "The universal coverage already exists in Malaysia whereby people have access to health care and nobody is d...