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Ismail Sabri Yaakob PUTRAJAYA - Pembangunan sukan di peringkat akar umbi bakal mendapat sentuhan baru yang dijamin mampu menjanjikan kejayaan yang lebih besar menerusi kerjasama serampang tiga mata melibatkan tiga kementerian - Belia dan Sukan, Pelajaran dan Pengajian Tinggi mulai tahun depan. Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob berkata, pihaknya akan menyediakan peruntukan kewangan dan jurulatih manakala Kementerian Pelajaran mencungkil bakat pelajar sekolah sementara Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi menyusuli langkah menggilap terus atlet yang sudah memasuki universiti atau menuntut di luar negara. "Kalau dulu Program Tunas Cemerlang yang dijalankan cuma bermula di sekolah menengah tetapi kali ini kita mahu mencungkil bakat atlet dibuat sejak sekolah rendah lagi. Kami akan mengeluarkan perbelanjaan dan melatih guru sekolah di bawah jurulatih profesional dan berpengalaman manakala Kementerian Pelajaran cuma menyediakan pelajarnya. "Apabila atlet itu s...

THE Cabinet Committee for Sports has endorsed five proposals based on the recommendations of the Sports Ministry and National Sports Council (NSC). The committee agreed in principal that a special budget be allocated for disabled athletes who represent the country in various competitions, and at the same time to attract more disabled people to be involved in sports. "A high performance programme has been set for the disabled athletes and, therefore, we have agreed in principal that this group be given special attention," said Deputy Prime Minster Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is also the chairman of the committee. Najib also mentioned that a joint working committee involving the Sports Ministry, Ministry of Education and Higher Education Ministry be formed so that a comprehensive programme can be implemented. "These three ministries will work hand-in-hand, and come out with the one programme that will look into sports development and a combined training program...

NAJIB... Saran bentuk Jawatankuasa Khas. JAWATANKUASA Kabinet Pembangunan Sukan semalam memutuskan pembentukan sebuah Jawatankuasa Khas bagi memantau perkembangan atlet bermula daripada peringkat prasekolah sehingga ke peringkat pengajian tinggi. Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak berkata anggota Jawatankuasa Khas itu terdiri daripada Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) melalui Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Kementerian Pelajaran dan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) yang akan bergerak secara bersepadu dalam memastikan bahawa pembangunan atlet tidak terbantut pada satu-satu peringkat. "Bagi atlet sukan berprestasi tinggi, ia adalah pendekatan yang amat sesuai dilakukan sebab kalau tidak ada bantuan secara bersepadu nanti, atlet-atlet kita tidak mungkin dapat berjaya ke peringkat yang lebih tinggi lagi. "Sasaran program bersepadu ini ialah Sukan Olimpik London 2012, Sukan Asia Guangzhou 2010, Sukan Komanwel New Delhi 2010, Sukan SEA Laos 2009 dan Sukan SEA Jaka...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) -- The Cabinet Committee on Sports Development (CCSD) has decided to from a Special Committee (SC) to monitor athletes' development from the pre-school level right up to university. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak said it would be made up of representatives from the Youth and Sports Ministry through the National Sports Council (NSC), Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry, who will take an integrated approach to make sure athletes' development is not hindered at any level. "For high performance sports athletes, this is very important as otherwise, they might not reach their full potential. "The focus will be the 2012 London Olympics, 2010 Guanzhou Asian Games, 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, and the Laos and Jakarta SEA Games in 2009 and 2011," he told reporters after chairing a meeting of the CCSD at Parliament Monday. He said among others, the SC would be involved in monitoring 346 elite at...

SLOWLY but surely, Malaysian sport is edging towards the path which will promise it a better and brighter future. Yesterday's Cabinet Committee for Sports' decision to recognise archery, badminton and cycling as potential medal winners at the 2012 London Olympics would have been greeted with joy by the associations concerned but for the others, the message is loud and clear -- only results will mean better funding. Of course, bowling has no reason to worry and the performance of the national back-up bowlers in the Commonwealth Championships shows it has a solid structure in place while squash, as long as Nicol David rules, will also enjoy better privileges and perks. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak indicated this would be the way for Malaysian sport during the National Sports Convention and now that it has been implemented, associations must not take it as a demotion but as a challenge, especially those who were put in the same basket as archery, badmi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) -- The amended version of the National Sports Policy (NSP) would be submitted to the Cabinet Committee for Sports Development (CabComm) by year end, says Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said proposals and resolutions put forward and accepted during the National Sports Convention last week would also be drafted into the NSP for consideration. "We are now in the last phase of the draft. We had waited for new input from the National Sports Convention to be added and now we have finalised the draft copy and expect to submit it by year end," he told reporters after chairing a committee meeting comprising the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Education Ministry and Higher Education Ministry with regard to sports development, at the Parliament, Tuesday. In March, Ismail Sabri had given a committee headed by Youth and Sports Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Yassin Mohd Salleh, six months, to review and update the NSP....

ISMAIL SABRI mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Bersama KBS, Kementerian Pelajaran dan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi mengenai Program Pembangunan Sukan di Kuala Lumpur semalam. DASAR Sukan Negara (DSN) akan dibentangkan kepada Jawatankuasa Kabinet Mengenai Pembangunan Sukan (JKPS) akhir tahun ini. Demikian jelas Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Menurut beliau, cadangan dan pandangan yang dikemukakan pada Konvensyen Sukan Kebangsaan pada 12 November lepas akan turut dimasukkan ke dalam dasar itu. "Kita dalam draf terakhir. Kita menunggu selepas Konvensyen Sukan, takut ada perkara baru yang perlu dimasukkan dalam Dasar Sukan Negara. "Sekarang ini, kita tengah perhalusi draf dasar tersebut dan kita akan bentangkan, jangkaannya pada akhir tahun," katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Bersama Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS), Kementerian Pelajaran dan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi mengenai Program Pembanguna...