5TH ASEAN PARA GAMES ,CDM PRELIMINARY MEETING

Chef de Mission for the 5th ASEAN Para Games,KL'09 will be having their preliminary meeting in Kuala Lumpur at Summit Hotel from 27th and 28th June, 2009. The meeting will finalise the preparation of the organising committee of KL'09. They will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on 26th June 2009.

In the morning of 27th June 2009, the organising committee will give a briefing on KL'09, 5th ASEAN Para Games. Then followed by the technical and sports committee briefing. Anti Doping, Medical and Classification Committee will follow subsequently. There will be a Press Conference at 12.00 pm. A discussion will be held in the afternoon session to solve the entries, entry fees, arrival and departure of team, classification and Identity and Accreditation Card. On the 28th the delegates will be visiting the venues.

The Secretariat is hoping that all problems can be solve during the meeting to make sure the games runs smoothly.

Launching of Proud Supporters Program

The Proud Supporters Program was launch by Tun Jeanne Abdullah, the wife of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the ex Prime Minister on 23 June 2009 at Commonwealth Hall, National Sports Council of Malaysia at Bukit Jalil. Attended to the function was YB. Datuk Sri Sabry Chik, Minister of Youths and Sports of Malaysia.

President cum CEO of Malaysian Paralympic Council, Dato' Zainal Abu Zaharin give a briefing on the development of the 5th ASEAN Para Games. The president thank's the government by supporting the MPM with RM4 million ringgit. He call upon all cooperate companies to join the games by giving donation or financial support to MPM.

About 1200 athletes and official will take part in 11 sports that are athletic, swimming, powerlifting, chess, tenpin bowling, badminton, table tennis, sailing, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball.

5TH ASEAN PARA GAMES

5th ASEAN Para Games will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 15th to 19th August 2009. The sports that will be taking part are athletic, swimming, powerlifting, badminton, chess, tenpin bowling, table tennis, sailing, sitting volleyball, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball. All the sports will be held in Kuala Lumpur except sailing will be held at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.

Altogether 11 countries will take part in this games including Timor Leste as invitation. Malaysia will be hosting this games for the second times since 2001 replacing Laos who reject to host the games. With the limited budget by the government, Malaysian Paralympic Council will still runs the games to make sure that there will be no lap for this series. Malaysia as the host will make sure the games run smoothly.

2ND ASIAN YOUTH PARA GAMES

Malaysian contingent to the 2nd Asian Youth Para Game in Tokyo will consist of 40 officials and 44 athletes. The contingent will be headed by Mr. Bong Muk Shin as Chef de Mission and assisted by Mr. Ramlay Ibrahim. Malaysia will take part in athletics (25), boccia (6), goalball (6), swimming (6) and wheelchair tennis (1). This was decided by the Malaysian Paralympic Council (MPC) selection committees on 8th June 2009.

Athletic and swimming are training under the program of National Sports Council of Malaysia (NSC) and the other three sports boccia, goalball and wheelchair tennis are training with their own coaches at their centers in Kuala Lumpur. The contingent will depart Kuala Lumpur on the 8th August 2009. The games will be held during the fasting month of Ramadan.

2ND. ASIAN YOUTH PARA GAMES, TOKYO 2009

The 2nd Asian Youth Para Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan from 11 to 13 September 2009. The games will be competed by all Asian countries under the banner of Asian Paralympic Committee (APC). Only five sports will be competed. The sports are athletic, swimming, boccia, table tennis and goalball. Wheelchair tennis will be a demonstration sport. Malaysia will take part in all the sports except table tennis. For further info go to http://www.tokyo2009.jp/

Volunteers Needed

Hello Malaysian,

Call for Malaysian to become volunteers in the 5th ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur from
12th to 19th August 2009. Please call Ramlay Ibrahim 03-8996 5880 or http://www.aseanparagameskl09.com/