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KBS segera bertindak


SHABERY (kiri) bersalaman dengan bekas jaguh badminton negara, Jalani Sidek sebelum majlis berbuka puasa
di Kementerian Belia dan Sukan, Putrajaya semalam.

KEMENTERIAN Belia dan Sukan (KBS) sedia mempercepatkan pembinaan velodrom basikal trek bertaraf Olimpik di negara ini tanpa perlu menunggu sehingga berakhirnya Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) pada 2011.

Bagaimanapun, Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek berkata, kementeriannya perlu mengkaji peruntukan yang ada dalam bajet RMK-9 KBS terlebih dahulu sebelum membuat keputusan mengenai pembinaan velodrom tersebut.

"Saya sedia pertimbangkan untuk mempercepatkan pembinaan velodrom tetapi mungkin ada projek pembangunan lain yang perlu disegerakan di bawah RMK-9," katanya selepas majlis berbuka puasa di kementeriannya di Putrajaya semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai permintaan Timbalan Presiden Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM), Datuk Naim Mohamad yang mahukan velodrom itu dibina secepat mungkin bagi manfaat pelumba negara selain membolehkan Malaysia membida untuk menganjurkan Kejohanan Trek Dunia dan Piala Dunia Klasik daripada Kesatuan Berbasikal Dunia (UCI).

Sebelum ini, Ahmad Shabery berkata, beliau akan mencadangkan pembinaan velodrom tertutup itu dalam RMK-10.

Beliau turut meminta persatuan sukan lain mencontohi pencapaian pelumba basikal negara yang mengungguli kejohanan antarabangsa tanpa kemudahan latihan bertaraf dunia di negara ini.

"Contohnya banyak stadium besar di negara ini tetapi di manakah pencapaian bola sepak kita? Begitu juga banyak gelanggang tenis tetapi di manakah pencapaian kita pada peringkat dunia?," katanya.

Dalam perkembangan lain, kertas cadangan mengenai pemberian insentif kepada atlet paralimpik yang berjaya merangkul pingat pada kejohanan antarabangsa akan dibentang pada mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kabinet Mengenai Pembangunan Sukan, 8 September depan.

Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Razali Ibrahim berkata, kertas cadangan itu antara lain mencadangkan bayaran insentif diberikan kepada atlet paralimpik yang berjaya mengharumkan nama negara sebagaimana atlet lain.

"Kerajaan sentiasa mengiktiraf sumbangan para atlet terbabit kerana ada di antara mereka mempunyai pencapaian yang lebih baik berbanding atlet normal," katanya.

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