Will the millions be well spent?
I must admit that the biggest surprise of the 2013 Budget was there weren't any surprises at all. Nevertheless, it is clear that the government recognises sports as a unify factor. Thus it came to no surprise that RM 15 million has been allocated to prepare athletes for SEA Games & ASEAN Para Games in 2013 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games & Asian Games. The other allocations include; - RM50 million for the next four years in preparation for the 2016 Olympic under the Road to Rio programme. - A covered velodrome in Seremban and a badminton academy in Bukit Kiara with an allocation of RM80 million. A covered velodrome in Seremban would surely be music to the ears of cyclist. But I still remember the words of national cycling coach John Beasley who had, during dinner in Melbourne, told me that; "It is better to have many mini velodromes all over the nation then to have one big expensive velodrome." The BA of Malaysia (BAM) would surely be extremely pl...