Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Sports in Schools

Hasrat Muhyiddin dipuji


Naim Mohamad


KUALA LUMPUR – Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) memuji saranan Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang mahu menggerakkan usaha secara besar-besaran bagi menghidupkan semula aktiviti sukan di sekolah-sekolah.

Presiden MOM, Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Jaafar berkata, ia satu usaha yang memang dinanti-nantikan terutama dalam menggalakkan pembangunan berterusan di peringkat akar umbi.

Bagaimanapun tegasnya, Kementerian Pelajaran tidak boleh melakukannya sendirian sebaliknya perlu menjalinkan kerjasama rapat dengan pihak terbabit yang lain.

“Kementerian Pelajaran perlu mewujudkan koordinasi dengan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan, MOM dan persatuan-persatuan sukan.

“Ini bagi memastikan perancangan dapat dilakukan secara menyeluruh dan berkesan agar dapat mencapai matlamatnya.

“Saya percaya sebagai bekas menteri yang pernah menerajui kementerian berkaitan sukan, beliau (Muhyiddin) tentunya faham dengan apa yang hendak dilakukannya,” kata Tunku Imran.

Beliau berkata demikian selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Lembaga Eksekutif MOM di sini, semalam.

Menurutnya lagi, beberapa faktor perlu diambil kira Kementerian Pelajaran dalam melaksanakan usaha itu antaranya mendedahkan sekolah dengan sains sukan, memaksimumkan kemudahan sukan di sekolah dan tidak hanya mengadakan karnival sukan setahun sekali sahaja.

“Yang paling penting pihak kementerian perlu menyediakan bajet secukupnya untuk diberikan dalam bentuk elaun kepada guru yang terbabit sebagai dorongan menjadi jurulatih di sekolah-sekolah,” tegasnya.

Sementara itu, Timbalan Presiden, Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM), Datuk Naim Mohamad berkata, usaha Muhyiddin itu memang tepat pada masanya ketika sukan negara semakin bergerak ke hadapan.

“Banyak masalah yang timbul sebelum ini walaupun perbincangan demi perbincangan dilakukan antara persatuan dengan Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM).

“Dengan adanya usaha seperti ini, saya percaya segala halangan yang wujud dapat diatasi untuk melahirkan lebih ramai bakat-bakat baru,” ujar Naim.

Menurutnya, antara masalah utama yang timbul ialah dari segi pelaksanaan dan kebimbangan pihak sekolah tentang keselamatan pelajar-pelajar mereka.

“Saya percaya dengan pengumuman terbaru daripada Kementerian Pelajaran ini, satu mekanisme dapat dicari untuk mengatasi masalah dari segi pelaksanaan ini,” jelasnya.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Le Tour de Langkawi Teams and riders

Saturday January 31, 2009

Hosts have most number of riders again for LTdL

PETALING JAYA: Host Malaysia will again have the most number of riders — 15 — for the seven-stage Tour of Langkawi (LTdL) from Feb 9-15.

Italy will have 11 riders, followed by Australia (9) and France (8).

South Africa, Kazakhstan, Iran, China and South Korea will field six riders each.

Spain, Switzerland and Japan will have five riders, Ukraine three, and the United States, Germany, Austria, Venezuela, Tunisia, Algeria and Indonesia two each.

Belgium, New-Zealand, Canada, Holland, Slovenia, Poland, Ireland, Sweden, Britain, Moldova, Colombia, Argentina, Mongolia, Syria and Qatar will have one rider each.

LTdL chief operating officer Datuk Naim Mohd said the event was becoming more international despite the reduction in the number of participating teams from 25 last year to 20 this year.

Last year, a record 30 nations lined up for the race but the provisional start list for this year’s will see riders from 35 different countries and five continents.

The youngest rider will be 19-year-old Vadim Izotov of Kazakhstan and the oldest is 37-year-old Shinichi Fukushima of EQA-Meitan-Hompo.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Malaysian Heroes in Beiing WCC 2009


UCI WORLD CUP: Double delight in Beijing
By : Arnaz M. Khairul
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Rizal Tisin won gold despite the low track temperature.
Rizal Tisin won gold despite the low track temperature.

THE Negaraku was played an unprecedented two times at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing yesterday thanks to Azizul Hasni Awang and Rizal Tisin registering the country's first double haul of UCI World Cup gold medals.

World No 1 Azizul, riding for the BT Australia team this time, delivered an overwhelming performance, winning every heat including the star-studded keirin final for his second successive UCI World Cup gold medal.

The repeat of Azizul's historic first gold medal at Round Two of the World Cup in Melbourne in November, came with a bonus of the World Cup leader's jersey he swept off the back of Frenchman Francois Pervis.

This was just reward for Azizul, as the gold medal also came as redemption at the same track on which he committed a tactical error to miss out on the Olympics keirin final last August.

It was a case of being relegated to second twice in a day for Frenchman Pervis.
In the 1km time trial, Rizal held back pain in his right hand to upstage the Frenchman for the gold, taking his surprise first ever World Cup medal in a time of 1:02.268s, which was just short of his 1:02.157s Asian record set in Australia last month.

Cofidis rider Pervis clocked 1:02.642s to finish second ahead of Poland's Kamil Kuczynski who clocked 1:03.020s.

Azizul's day of glory came sweet as he achieved it via a final which included France's Gregory Bauge (second), Teun Mulder of the Netherlands (third), New Zealand's Simon Van Velthooven, American Travis Smith of the Hawk Relay team and Australia's Shane Perkins.

A determined Rizal, 24, said he had nothing to lose and just pulled himself together to focus on his one mission right from the moment he woke up yesterday morning.

"Nothing else mattered and my mind was just set on riding all out to the death in my heat. I really wanted the medal, but I did not expect the gold," said Rizal.

"We knew the track temperatures would be low, thus the times would be slow. So, to get a time so close to my personal best was also quite a good feeling."

Former keirin World No 1 Josiah Ng, riding for the national team, fell flat of expectations when he finished fifth in his first round heat and also failed to progress via the repechage.

Teenager Fatehah Mustapa continued her rise on the world stage with a creditable eighth place in the 500m time trial, with a time of 36.284s, which was just a shade off her national record of 36.155s set at last year's Asian Championships.

It was, however, a time that left the 19-year-old with more work to do as it was a far cry from the 33.834s set by Lithuania's Simona Krupeckaite, who won the gold ahead of China's Gong Jinjie who clocked 34.941s.

GOLDEN BOYS Azizul and Rizal

In the recently concluded Beijing World Cup Classic, our Track cyclists Mohd Azizulhasni Awang and Mohd Rizal Tisin won gold medals. Azizul for his second Keirin Gold and Rizal for the first Malaysian Gold in 1km Time Trial.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Carnival in Putrajaya

Thanks to Perbadanan Putrajaya, there will be fun and fiesta at the Dataran Putrajaya (Boulevard) opposite the Palace of Justice come February 7th and 8th, 2009. Seen in a meeting in the picture above, Dato Rosley, Datuk Naim, Haji Abdul Ghani, Haji Ramzi and Sdra Azudin.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Le Tour de Langkawi 2009 Gold Package

9D8N Experience RACE DAY GOLD package. (Tour Code:LTDL2009 GOLD) Print Refer to a Friend
Country : Malaysia
City : KLIA, Putrajaya, Senawang, Melaka, Bangi, Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
Package Type : FIT
From MYR 5687

Package Description

LE Tour de Langkawi (LTdL), Malaysia's biggest race sees its shortest ever edition running from February 9 to 15 next year, driven into cost-cutting measures by the global economic meltdown.Nevertheless, the seven-stage hors categorie race offers and enticing affair as an improved, compact version of the race that covers 1,029 kilometres in total promises to pile the pressure on a bigger mix of riders in a 120-strong peloton made up of 20 teams.

Package Includes

Return Airport Transfers,
8 nights stay at all race destinations,
Transfer at all race destinations,
Checked flag activities,
Daily buffet breakfast / Packed lunch / Buffet dinner
LTDL 2009 Cap.

Package Excludes

Personal Expenses
Air Flight ticket.
Travel Insurance
Any other Item are not mentioned.

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Day 1- Arrival to KLIA Sepang Included: No meals included.

Upon arrival KLIA directly transfer to Marriott Putrajaya Hotel for check in. Hotel Accomodation : Marriott Putrajaya Hotel.


Day 2- Full Day Tour Putrajaya Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast proceeds for full day tour which covers Putrajaya area. Evening back to hotel. Hotel Accomodation : Marriott Putrajaya Hotel.


Day 3- 1st Race Day : Putrajaya - Senawang Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast , check out then proceeds to Dataran Putrajaya for 1st race day official flag off. Then after the clearance from Marshall you will be following the participants until the finishing lane at Dataran Senawang. Upon arrival at Dataran Senawang, proceeds to the finishing area for enjoy the excitement for checked flag event. Late evening transfer to Royal Bintang Seremban for check in. Hotel Accomodation : Royal Bintang Hotel, Seremban. (Putrajaya – Senawang : 135.00km)


Day 4- 2nd Race Day : Senawang - Melaka Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out then proceeds to Dataran Senawang for 2nd race day official flag off. Today you will be following the participants up to the finishing lane at Dataran Pahlawan Melaka. Upon arrival at Dataran Pahlawan Melaka, proceeds to the finishing area to enjoy the excitement the checked flag event. Late evening transfer to Equatorial Hotel Melaka for check in. Hotel Accomodation : Equatorial Hotel Melaka. (Senawang – Melaka : 161.7km)


Day 5- 3rd Race Day : Melaka - Melaka Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out then proceeds to Dataran Pahlawan for 3rd race day official flag off. Today the race will covers rural area during the race such Muar, Bukit Kepong, Gemas, Tampin and back to Dataran Pahlawan Melaka. Upon arrival at Dataran Pahlawan Melaka, proceeds to the finishing area to enjoy the excitement the checked flag event. Late evening transfer to Equatorial Hotel Melaka for check in. Hotel Accomodation : Equatorial Hotel Melaka. (Melaka – Melaka : 186.6km)


Day 6- 4th Race Day : Melaka - Bandar Baru Bangi Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out then proceeds to Dataran Hang Tuah for 4th race day official flag off. Today race day will continue to the middle north and the race will be end at Bandar Baru Bangi. Upon arrival at Dataran Pahlawan Melaka, proceeds to the finishing area to enjoy the excitement the checked flag event. Late evening transfer to Palace of Golden Horses for check in. Hotel Accomodation : Palace Of The Golden Horses, Kuala Lumpur. (Melaka – Bandar Baru Bangi : 222.2km)


Day 7- 5th Race Day : Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaua - Genting Highlands. Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out then proceeds to Amcorp Mall Petaling Jaya for 5th race day official flag off. Today you will experience the most challenging race stage which covers from the lowest ground to top at Genting Highlands. Upon arrival at Genting Highlands proceeds to the finishing area to enjoy the excitement the checked flag event. Late evening transfer to First World Hotel for check in. Hotel Accomodation : First World Hotel, Genting Highlands. (Amcorp Mall Petaling Jaya – Genting Highlands : 95.6km)


Day 8- 6th Race Day : Batang Kali - Shah Alam. Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out then proceeds to Batang Kali for 6th race day official flag off. Today you will enjoy the nature excitement and scenery during the race event until ends up to Dataran Shah Alam. Upon arrival at Shah Alam proceeds to the finishing area to enjoy the excitement the checked flag event. Late evening transfer to Concorde Hotel for check in. Hotel Accomodation : Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam. (Batang Kali – Shah Alam : 148.4km)


Day 9- 7th Race Day : Kuala Lumpur Criterium. Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out then proceeds to Kuala Lumpur city centre for the 7th race day official flag off. Today you will enjoy KL Criterium at the city centre until ends up at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur. Upon arrival at Dataran Merdeka proceeds to the finishing area to enjoy the excitement the checked flag event. Late evening transfer to KLIA for flight departure back home. (KL Criterium : 80.4km)


Important Notes
• Rates quoted in Malaysia Ringgit (MYR).

Booking from 20December2008 - 20January2009.
Not valid during eve and public holidays.
Sutra Terms & Conditions apply.
Subject to changes.
Room availability are subject to changes.

Friday, January 2, 2009

LTdL operations meeting

Datuk Naim Mohamad chairing the operations meeting

Mr Maniam Manikkam, Jeff Quenet, Garry Harmalis and Halim

Dato' Roslee, Zahid, Adnan, Affendi

The Genting Destination

The Genting Destination
The City of Entertainment