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NAJIB CAN HELP REJUVENATE SPORTS IN M'SIA
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (Bernama) -- Sports administrators in the country believe Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's vast knowledge and experience in sports would help rejuvenate sports in the country.
Najib, 55, who is the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee for Sports
Development since 2004, is no stranger to sports as he was also the Minister of
Youth and Sports from 1986-1990.
The general perception is that Najib would certainly be a driving force in
the country's pursuit for sporting excellence, especially at a time when the
country is awaiting its first Olympic gold medal.
The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) honorary secretary Sieh Kok Chi
said based on Najib's profile, sports is nothing new to the Premier as he had
inherited qualities of a leader in the field of sports from his father, the late
Abdul Razak who was the second Prime Minister of Malaysia.
"Maybe many might not know or remember, but Abdul Razak was the
President of OCM from 1959 to 1976 and Najib will be no exception as he too had
held the post of Youth and Sports Minister," Kok Chi told Bernama here Friday.
Najib, who took his oath of office before King Tuanku Mizan
Zainal Abidin at National Palace, became the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia,
after Abdullah Ahmad Badawi stepped down officially Thursday after leading
the country for over five years.
National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Zolkples Embong was
also confident that Najib would be able to elevate the standard of sports in the
country.
"NSC, as the agency to implement the government's policy in sports
development, hope to receive continuous support from the Prime Minister in our
efforts to successfully implement the sports agenda of the country," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Najib, 55, who is the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee for Sports
Development since 2004, is no stranger to sports as he was also the Minister of
Youth and Sports from 1986-1990.
The general perception is that Najib would certainly be a driving force in
the country's pursuit for sporting excellence, especially at a time when the
country is awaiting its first Olympic gold medal.
The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) honorary secretary Sieh Kok Chi
said based on Najib's profile, sports is nothing new to the Premier as he had
inherited qualities of a leader in the field of sports from his father, the late
Abdul Razak who was the second Prime Minister of Malaysia.
"Maybe many might not know or remember, but Abdul Razak was the
President of OCM from 1959 to 1976 and Najib will be no exception as he too had
held the post of Youth and Sports Minister," Kok Chi told Bernama here Friday.
Najib, who took his oath of office before King Tuanku Mizan
Zainal Abidin at National Palace, became the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia,
after Abdullah Ahmad Badawi stepped down officially Thursday after leading
the country for over five years.
National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Zolkples Embong was
also confident that Najib would be able to elevate the standard of sports in the
country.
"NSC, as the agency to implement the government's policy in sports
development, hope to receive continuous support from the Prime Minister in our
efforts to successfully implement the sports agenda of the country," he said.
-- BERNAMA
