05 Feb

Purchase of water chalets irks Auditor-General Haresh Deol Thursday, February 4th, 2010 10:51:00 CONTROVERSIAL: The Legend Water Chalets in Port Dickson — Pic: Hussein Shaharuddin PUTRAJAYA: Two premium chalets for RM850,000 — and they were never used since 2006! The Malay Mail learnt that the National Sports Council (NSC) purchased two units of the Legend Water Chalets in Port Dickson without the approval of the council's board of directors. This was revealed in the 2008 Auditor-General's Report. The report suggested "disciplinary action" be taken against officials involved in the transaction. The purchase of the chalets, installed with jacuzzis and see-through floor panelling with a view of the sea, was...

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02 Feb

FORMER FAM General Secretary and OCM Vice President Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad has been appointed as the Malaysian Ambassador to Philippines. Datuk Seri Ibrahim was also the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang and one time Deputy Minister of Transport. "Indeed it is a great honour to serve the country once again in the capacity of a diplomat" said Datuk Ibrahim. JAIHO congratulates Datuk Ibrahim and his wife Datuk Zainab and wishes them a blessed stay in Philippines. P/S.. Yogeswari may seek an audience with you to promote Everton in Manila....

07:52 / Local / Sports
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02 Feb

TWO days ago, while having tea with a close friend of mine, he mentioned something about the stories that's being written in this blog, he had his own opinion. Finally he said "I am going to tell you something but you can't write about until an local paper writes about it, and then I asked him, what is it all about. He said " Miss Yogeswari was trying to be nice to the two journalist with an Everton golf cover" So he went on to brief me on the details, and I said let the paper write about it. This morning...

07:40 / Local / Sports
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31 Jan

Harimau Muda 'A' who were 'caged' from playing in the local league and snubbed by the Singapore S-League, will make a quantum leap by competing in the Slovakia Under-21 league. Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) deputy president Datuk Redzuan Sheikh Ahmad said they (Harimau Muda A) would be sent to Slovakia to compete in the country's local league. "They will compete in the league from February to May and play 14 matches, plus a number of friendly matches from time to time," he told reporters after the FAM executive council meeting here today. "After playing in the Slovakian league, the team would compete...

07:38 / Local / Sports
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28 Jan

SO, tell us Mr Minister, what is the Everton deal going to cost the Sports Ministry, viz-a- viz the taxpayers? Reliable sources say, it’s going to be a staggering 1.3 million pounds or the ringgit equivalent of RM7.15 million a year. Is that true Sir? If it is, then let me tell you that it’s a marked-up fashioned to fill someone/ones’ coffers. I know what it costs as we had worked with Everton when I was in event and sports management. Let me tell you Sir, that the whole development plan shouldn’t cost more than 700,000 pounds or RM3.8 million a year. If...

07:36 / Local / Sports
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22 Jan

A training stint with an English club may become a reality for the national under-23 squad, said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek."I have made several proposals to FAM (Football Association of Malaysia) president Sultan Ahmad Shah on the training stint in England after visiting a football academy there recently. "I will be getting the feedbacks soon," Ahmad Shabery told reporters in an interview over the "Sports on Traxx 101" radio programme at Angkasapuri here on Thursday.Ahmad Shabery said once a decision was made, the ministry would unfold a football development programme, for which a RM10 million allocation was...

07:35 / Local / Sports
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22 Jan

FOOTBALL Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Sports Ministry are said to be keen to engage the Everton Football Club policy in having a structured youth development and coaching program. Read here on the suggested partnership. Can anyone tell me why Everton? Is it because they spotted Wayne Rooney. ?...

07:32 / Local / Sports
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20 Jan

THE SAM executive committee are hoping to raise funds to cover the organisational expenses for the SAM Awards (luncheon) next month and to boost our savings. As such, members are invited to assist towards this cause by selling tables at a cost of RM3,500 (per table). For each table sold, the member concern would receive a RM500 commission Members who wish to help out should contact SAM president - Ahmad Khawari Isa. They must follow procedures and must obtain a covering letter issued from the SAM office (by president only) before any transaction can be processed. Members are allowed to sell more than one...

07:25 / Local / Sports
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13 Jan

After having been privy to the idiosyncrasies and modus operandi of the Ministers who have attempted to give form and dignity to the sports portfolio, I am more and more convinced that a politician should not be a sports minister, or a sports minister should not be a politician. For, in their haste to turn sport into his or her launching pad, politician sports ministers wittingly try to promote their political agendas, and unwittingly sentence the quality and future of sport to the gallows. Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, a rank outsider to sport, is today charting the course of Malaysian football on...

07:21 / Local / Sports
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12 Jan

Government has set up special fund under the National Football Development Plan with an initial allocation of RM 10 million. This is above the RM 50 million approved under the 1 Malaysian Youth Program which will be monitored by the Prime Minister's office....

07:19 / Local / Sports
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