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Ahmad Shabery Cheek 
 
KUALA LUMPUR - Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek memberi bayangan bahawa penganjuran Sukan SEA 2017 di Malaysia mungkin sukar dilaksanakan.
Menurutnya, ini disebabkan penganjuran temasya itu memerlukan perbelanjaan tinggi sambil memberi contoh cadangan untuk menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Asia 2019 yang ditolak oleh Kabinet kerana melibatkan kos besar.

Tegas Ahmad Shabery, walau apa pun penganjuran Sukan SEA 2017 di Malaysia perlu mendapat restu Kabinet terlebih dahulu sebelum temasya dwi tahunan Asia Tenggara itu boleh diadakan di negara ini.
Katanya, sebagai Menteri beliau hanya mampu membawa perkara tersebut untuk dibincangkan di Kabinet dan tidak berhak mendesak kerajaan supaya meluluskan penganjurannya.

"Saya masih belum pasti tentang hak penganjuran tersebut malah perkara ini tak pernah disampaikan kepada saya.

"Tempoh lima tahun menjelang 2017 tidak cukup untuk kita menyediakan keperluan yang diinginkan.
"Perkara ini tidak boleh diumumkan awal kerana ia melibatkan pengunaan wang kerajaan yang amat tinggi kecuali MOM (Majlis Olimpik Malaysia) mempunyai rancangan penglibatan banyak pihak swasta untuk penganjuran," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis pelancaran Akademi Kejurulatihan Kebangsaan, di sini, semalam.

Mesyuarat Persekutuan Sukan SEA (SEAGF) di Myanmar hujung minggu lepas mengesahkan giliran Malaysia untuk menjadi tuan rumah sukan dwi-tahunan serantau itu pada 2017 berikutan tiada negara yang bersedia menawarkan diri sebagai tuan rumah.

Perkara tersebut didedahkan Setiausaha kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, yang menghadiri mesyuarat tersebut.

Sukan SEA 2013 akan diadakan di Myanmar dan selepas itu Singapura pula akan menjadi tuan rumah temasya pada 2015.

Kali terakhir Kuala Lumpur menjadi tuan rumah Sukan SEA ialah pada 2001 apabila Malaysia muncul juara keseluruhan dengan 111 pingat emas, diikuti Thai land (103) dan Indonesia (72).

Sebelum 2001, Malaysia juga pernah menjadi tuan rumah temasya itu pada 1977 dan 1989.
Ahmad Shabery menasihatkan MOM agar merujuk terlebih dahulu kepada pihak kerajaan sebelum membuat pengumuman berkaitan penganjuran temasya dwi-tahunan itu.

"Sebagai prosedurnya saya boleh membawa perkara ini ke Kabinet tetapi saya tidak boleh memberi jaminan.

"Sebagai contoh saya pernah membawa cadangan MOM ke Kabinet untuk menjadi penganjur tuan rumah Sukan Asia 2019 tetapi tidak boleh diterima kerana kos yang besar," katanya.




Oleh ZAZALI JAMIAN
sukan@utusan.com.my

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