19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 – A Rousing Send-Off for the Malaysian Contingent

The Chef de Mission of the Malaysian Contingent, Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt and the Women’s Cricket Team, were given a rousing send-off when they were driven by a fleet of Malaysia’s National Car, PROTON, from the National Sports Council (NSC) in Bukit Jalil to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Sunday, 17th September 2023.

Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt and the Women’s Cricket team of 15 athletes and 3 team officials were flagged off by Mr. Steven Zhou Qi, the Deputy Director of Marketing and Network Support of PROTON Edar Sdn Bhd, who was accompanied by Dato’ Mohd Nazifuddin, the Secretary General of OCM, Mr. Abdul Rashid Yaakub, the Deputy Director General of NSC and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farrah Hani Imran, the Deputy Chef de Mission of the Malaysian Contingent to 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022.

A fleet of 7 PROTON cars comprising of 1 unit of X70, 2 units of X50 and 2 units of Personas and 2 units of Saga, chauffeured the Chef de Mission and the Women’s Cricket Team from the NSC to the KLIA.

Geely, the business partner and shareholder of PROTON, has been supporting the organization of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 by becoming one of the eight official prestige partners.

The Geely Holding Group is actively participating in the preparation for the 19th Asian Games, using its combined technological know-how to contribute to the development of a 5G-equipped intelligent highway from Hangzhou to Ningbo City that enables 5G-empowered mobility, fully autonomous mobility services within the Asian Games zone and other smart services.

“On behalf of the President of OCM, Tan Sri Dr. Norza Zakaria, I would like to express our gratitude to Geely-PROTON for their exceptional coordination of the special send-off for the Malaysian Contingent to the 19th Asian Games” said Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt.

“We are looking forward to further collaborating with the Geely-PROTON” he added.