Future funds only for upgrading sports facilities; PWD blames contractors for canvas roof collapse
As published in Malay Mail today By Haresh Deol haresh@mmail.com.my PETALING JAYA — Any allocation from the Youth and Sports Ministry for future Malaysia Games (Sukma) will only be for the upgrading works of existing facilities. Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said it was the federal government’s policy to ensure all states had a main stadium and that Perlis was the last state to own its sports complex — the Tunku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Sports Complex in Kangar. “After this, no more (funds for building stadiums),” he said. “It was a federal (government) policy to make sure every state had it own facilities and that Sukma be held at every state. From now, any allocation from the ministry will be strictly for upgrading facilities.” He, however, said states were free to build their own infrastructure using their own funds. Khairy was responding to the canvas roof which fell due to strong winds and a downpour at the newly ...