The Olympic steering committee convened for the first time under the new Sports Minister last week.
He must have been surprised by some of the proposals, one of which is to grant the shuttlers the luxury of having a room each throughout their stay during the Beijing Olympics in August.
"Since they are our world-class athletes, we should provide them first-class treatment," said one of the members of the committee.
It was sensibly shot down by chef-de-mission Datuk Ho Koh Chye, who said it was against the spirit of camaraderie and esprit de corps. After all our contingent are bound by the rules and regulations of the Olympic Village.
Unless the NSC is willing to fork out their money for the benefit of a few!
A precedent had been set - rewind Athens 2004 - one VIP stayed on a cruise liner!
8 comments:
saudara rizal,
the only VIP who stayed on a crise liner was azalina, but come on lah, she was the sports minister and surely u can't expect her stay with the athletes in the games village, be fair lah bro. but the standing joke in the sports circles then was that when she was in athens she spent more time watching women's beach volleyball than sports where malaysians were involved in.
saudara,
sebut aje lah nama tu, we all know the only one yang duduk kat cruise liner yang u sebut tadi was azalina. tapi you pun tak adil lah bro, dia kan at that time sports minister, tak kan lah u suruh dia duduk kat games village dengan atlit2. but yang pelik skali was she spent more time watching women's beach volleyball kat situ than sports where malaysians were involved, kah kah kah.
azalina adlh mimpi buruk sukan di malaysia....
hancur lebur...tp nasib baik dia dikelilingi org yg ok..walaupun ramai jugak yg tak ok...
claim pungutan pingat terbanyak di manila dan korat + melbourne....tp kurang kualiti...
bab first class treatment ni pulak..siapalah yg cadang agaknya ni....
nilah malaysia....semua nak mewah tapi hasil haprak...buatlah yg baik dulu...
cthnya buat mcm nicol..tunjuk result...tp bab nicol ni pun exeptional sebenrnya...squasy bukanlah sukan utama dunia..tak de dl olimpik pun...
ni yg ada dlm olimpik...
saudara rizal...lama "tak nampak" dlm malay mail...sudah menghilangkan diri ke?...
Tak pa know!
Duk dimana pun tak pa know!
Duk atai kapai kah, atai katil kah?
Kalau free asai GOMEN (rakyat)tak bayak, tak lebih dari entitlement,okay lah tu, know!
ikhlas dari,
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memang tak patut la kalau ada atlit nak duduk special kat olimpik nanti...tapi betul ke atlit yang nak di layan macam tu atau pegawai yang mengiring tu yang nak? sebab selalunya, pegawai yang pergi pun kadang2 lebih dari atlit...
Exactly, first class treatment, third class performance. In every sense of the word, which includes the previous sports minister. Kuah Kuah Kuah!!
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Saudara Rizal,
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Terima kasih saudara Rizal. Semoga kita berjumpa lagi.
Sdr Rizal
Since you may not be aware, the city of Athens did not have enough rooms to meet the demand of the Olympic Games. Five cruise were used as floating hotels and the VIP did stay in one of the cruise...which was the best the Queen Mary. I am made to understand another VIP from Malaysia also stayed there..the Sultan of Perak. Security was a top priority and most official delegations stayed at this 5 star floating hotel. In fact the US basketball team also stayed there. In the interest of fairness to the VIP some implied negative referance need to be corrected.
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