2nd ASIAN YOUTH PARA GAMES, TOKYO 2009

The first CDM meeting with the secretariat was held on Friday 17 July 2009 at 3.00 pm. The meeting was held at Mr. Bong Muk Shin's office at Education Ministry, Putrajaya. Among those attended the meeting were Mr.Bong Muk Shin (CDM), Mr. Ramlay Ibrahim (ACDM), Mr. Gulam Ghani (Manager,International Athletic Preparation Department), Mr. G. Mohan (Head of Secretariat), Mr. Mohd Zarawi Ravi (Secretariat from MSSM) an in attendance was Mr. Ahmad Kamal from Mr. Bong's Office. The meeting was held to brief the CDM on what is happening with the preparation of the contingent to the games.

Mr. Bong was very happy with the briefing by the secretariat. He told the secretariat that although he is very busy, he want the secretariat to inform him on what is happening with the contingent. Mr. Bong is serious in the preparation of the athletes towards the games because it is going to be held in fasting month of Ramadhan. He wants to know whether the athletes can sustain the situation or they have to train as normal.

He was very impress on the preparation that have been done with the secretariat. He hopes that the Ministry of Education also can help Malaysian Paralympic Council in preparation of the athletes towards the games.

FINAL ENTRIES

The Technical Department of the 5th ASEAN Para Games is hunting for the countries that are not sending their final entries forms. There is nothing the department can do to finalise the events that are going to be run during the games. The GLC has approved the three sports that are wheelchair basketball, volleyball sitting and tenpin bowling to be in the games although there are only three countries taking part.

The closing date for final entries is 15 July 2009. The latest country sending their entry is Laos to participate in volleyball setting. This makes four countries taking part in this games. The Technical Department has no choice to finalise the events by end of this week.

HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE CONFERENCE

The National Sports Council of Malaysia has just finished their conference in the Development of High Performance Sports For Disabled Athletes In Malaysia from 28th to 30th July 2009 at Palm Garden Hotel, Putra Jaya. About 250 people attended that conference They came from all over the country to attend the conference. They represented the Malaysian Paralympic Council, all association on disability, government agencies, State Sports Council, Sports and Youth Departments, private and government schools on disability, State Education Departments and individuals that have involved in the development of disabled athletes.

Six papers were presented in the conference and followed by a workshop to discuss on the direction of the program. They were divided in four groups to discuss on the papers presented during the conference. The resolution in the workshop then were presented in the last section of the conference.

The Minister of Youths and Sports officially declare open the conference on 29th July 2009. He was very grateful that he can come and meet the people who really care for the disabled people. He hope that this conference will makes changes for the development of disabled sport in Malaysia. He urged all public sectors and indviduals to come forward to help the Malaysian Paralympic Council in the organising of the 5th ASEAN Para Games that will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 15th to 19th July 2009.