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Khairy kecewa pusat Sukan Paralimpik lambat siap

Kuala Lumpur: Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan Paralimpik Kampung Pandan yang sepatutnya boleh digunakan sejak Februari lalu, hanya dibuka sepenuhnya pada November.
Menteri Belia dan Sukan Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar berkata, pembukaan kompleks yang menelan belanja RM64 juta itu terpaksa ditangguhkan kerana masalah pembentungan dan ketiadaan bekalan air.

Mengaku sedikit kecewa dengan kelewatan itu, Khairy berharap segala-galanya selesai selepas beliau melakukan lawatan semalam.
“Akibat masalah pembentungan dan bekalan air, ia tidak dapat diserahkan sepenuhnya untuk kegunaan atlet paralimpik tapi saya sudah minta proses ini dipercepatkan.

“Kita harap bekalan air dan masalah pembentungan diselesaikan dalam tempoh sebulan selepas sambutan Hari Raya. Anggaran kita penyerahan sepenuhnya pada November.

“Saya harap perkara ini dapat segerakan sebab jika berterusan tidak digunakan, akan berlaku kerosakan di beberapa tempat,” katanya.
Pusat kecemerlangan itu terletak di kawasan seluas 9.2 hektar mula dibina sejak November 2009 dan sepatutnya beroperasi Februari lalu.

Hampir semua kemudahan disediakan sudah boleh digunakan tetapi dua masalah iaitu sistem pembentungan dan bekalan air menjadi penghalang utama pembukaannya secara rasmi.
Terbahagi kepada tiga bahagian iaitu bilik pentadbiran, pusat latihan dan asrama, pusat kecemerlangan terbabit memiliki gelanggang serba guna, lapangan memanah, gelanggang badminton serta kolam renang bersaiz Olimpik selain asrama yang boleh menempatkan 380 orang serta dewan makan.



Oleh Saiful Affendy Sapran, Arena - Harian Metro

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