Plan for joint Sea and Asean Para Games rejected
Published on: Thursday, July 14, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's hopes of hosting the 2017 SEA Games and Asean Para Games together hit a dead end as the proposal was rejected at the SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) meeting here Wednesday.The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Norza Zakaria said when the proposal was put to a vote, only Malaysia voted in favour while 10 other affiliates did not support the proposal. "It was 10:1 with only Malaysia supporting the proposal...the other 10 countries gave all sorts of reasons.
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One of it is to retain the tradition. Countries were also of the opinion that the Para Games would require special attention from the media to gain recognition," he told reporters after chairing the meeting here Wednesday.Norza said the affiliates also discussed at length, the risks involved in organising the events together.He said though various reasons were offered by the respective countries during the meeting, he would submit the details at the SEAGF council meeting Thursday.
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