2008/09/17
LAOS SEA GAMES: Malaysia left out of contributors' list
Zulhilmi Supaat, BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed:
While most of the Asean countries are helping Laos, the 2009 Sea Games host, in cash or kind for the 25th edition of the Games, Malaysia has been left out of the contributors list.
The reason — lack of a proper mechanism on who should initiate the effort to help Laos.
“On Malaysia’s part, who should take the initiative to help Laos? The Youth and Sports Ministry, the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) or Kok Chi?” OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said when contacted by Bernama here today.
He was asked to comment on whether the Laos National Sports Committee (LNSC) had sought help from the OCM for the Games preparation.
A check by Bernama on several Laos Sea Games websites found that most of the Asean countries are contributing to the cash-strapped Laos which will host the bienniel event in Vientiane, on Dec 13-21 next year.
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Another BN Malaysian Government classic screw up administration and embarassment to the world!
The Minister of Sports then should be held responsible for this mess and should step down immediately. So which Minister of Sports which caused the country's image getting screwed?
Present Youth and Sports Minister is Dato' Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob while the previous was the tomboyish and pants favored, Dato' Sri Azalina Othman. So who should be held accountable here if judging from this statement below?
OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the Laotian Sports Ministry had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Ministry early last year on cooperation for the Games but since then, there had been no follow-up.
If we were to look at last year then it would be Azalina and perhaps she was involved very much in the aborted 2008 MYR17million Champions Youth Cup (CYC) or there were no proper handover after the March 8, 2008 General Elections.
It would be interesting to note as to why even the present Minister had not acted on this assuming the MOU had clearly stated the level of cooperation. Was this an oversight? Or the UMNO Minister was heavily engrossed with the March 8 aftermath followed by the internal party fighting and onslaught by the Opposition to takeover the Federal Government by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Whatever it is, Abdullah Badawi's cabinet had yet again failed to deliver and upkeep the image of the country in the eyes of the world!
He being the leader during this period should accept responsibility of this debacle and resign like Zaid Ibrahim did which was highly respectable by Malaysians.
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