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KL kemuka hasrat anjur Sukan Asia

KUALA Lumpur sudah mengemukakan surat kepada Majlis Olimpik Asia (OCA) menyatakan hajat untuk menjadi tuan rumah temasya serantau itu pada 2019.

Sambil mengesahkan perkara itu, Setiausaha Agung Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, berkata surat hasrat yang sudah dihantar ke ibu pejabat OCA di Kuwait, November lalu, bakal menyaksikan Kuala Lumpur kemungkinan akan berdepan Dubai untuk hak penganjuran Temasya ke-18 itu.



“MOM sudah mengemukakan surat hasrat menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Asia 2019 kepada OCA, bulan lalu,” kata Kok Chi, semalam. “Selepas ini kita akan hanya menanti jawapan kepada OCA mengenai prosedur yang perlu dipatuhi serta bila dokumen bidaan perlu diserahkan.




“Setahu saya, selain Kuala Lumpur, turut melahirkan minat, walaupun belum secara rasmi, ialah ibu negara UAE (Emiriyah Arab Bersatu), Dubai.

“Apapun keputusan mengenai tuan rumah Sukan Asia 2019 kemungkinan akan hanya dilakukan pada 2013,” katanya.

Kuala Lumpur pernah melobi menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Asia XV pada 2006 tetapi kalah dalam persaingan kepada Doha dan kemudian terpaksa menarik diri daripada bidaan untuk Temasya 2010 - yang akan dianjurkan Guangzhou - selepas tidak mendapat persetujuan kerajaan.
Difahamkan bahawa Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan Presiden OCA, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah dalam waktu terdekat untuk menyatakan hasrat Kuala Lumpur. BH

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