Sports help form disciplined students
Published on: Thursday, August 01, 2024
By: Johan Aziz
Jeffrey (second right) lights the torch carried by Hanssen witnessed by officials from Tambunan Education Office.
TAMBUNAN: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said that sports activities are able to develop quality human capital, have good skills and are able to become the country’s leaders in the future.
He said, sports activities also prevent students from getting involved in various unhealthy social symptoms.
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“The field of sports is definitely the best platform to produce students who are physically fit, mentally resilient and highly disciplined,” he said when officiating the 56th Tambunan District School Sports Council (MSSD) Athletics Championship at the Sports Complex here on Tuesday.
He said through consistent and balanced training, sports are also able to form athletes who are highly prudent, responsible and have an identity and have high resilience.
According to him, a sports tournament is not only to determine the champion and winner of an event, what is more important is to provide indirect education to students and athletes that success can only be achieved through effort, perseverance, careful planning and sacrifice.
“There is no success that is easily achieved except through continuous struggle,” said the Tambunan State Assemblyman and Keningau MP.
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He said the spirit of cooperation and tolerance is very important in the success of a sporting activity that seeks to foster racial unity among the diverse communities in Sabah, especially the communities in this district.
Jeffrey, who is also Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry, invited all sportsmen to unite regardless of skin colour, race and religion.
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Jeffrey then lit the torch carried by 19-year-old athlete Hanssen Yap Soon Fu.
Hanssen won 100m gold at Saga 2023, 100m silver and gold in the 4x100m at Berwang Open, was a finalist in the 100m and 4x100m at Asian U20 Dubai, won golds in the 100m and 4x100m at the Philippine Open and placed fourth at the Malaysia Open.
He has been selected for the U20 World Championships in Lima, Peru at the end of August and for next month’s Sukma in Sarawak in the 100m and 200m events.
A total of four secondary school contingents and 29 primary schools with participants. 792 participated in this tournament which started on July 29 until August 1 at the Tambunan Sports Complex.
Also present at the event were Tambunan District Education Officer and Director of the Tambunan District School Sports Council Athletic Tournament Haison Jahudin, District Officer Sobitun Makajil, Tambunan District Deputy Education Officer (Pupil Development Sector) and Deputy Director of the Tournament Applonius Jaimi, Deputy District Education Officers Hadili Muhadi (Planning Sector), Rosneh Wasli (School Management Sector) and Jaslih Dumin (Learning Sector), Chairman of the Association Tambunan District Sabah Secondary School Principal Johari Ag Damit, Chairman of the Malaysian Council of Headmasters Tambunan District Branch Raju Uddin Mohd Ajay and Tambunan Community Development Leader Alexius Kiob.
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