A delegation from the Sabah Sports Board made a courtesy visit to OCM on Monday, 29 April 2019.
The delegation consists of the following personnel:
- Tan Kah Hock (Chairman)
- Tan Jwee Peng (Board Member)
- Aliudin Jumaat (Board Member)
- Terrance Edward Pudin (General Manager)
- Alfried Bily (Sports Development Manager)
They were welcomed by Dato’ Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria (President of OCM) and Mr. Mahinda Vallipuram (Vice President of OCM).
The OCM congratulated Dr. Tan Kah Hock for being appointed as the new Chairman of the Sabah Sports Board for the term of 2018-2021, effective from Saturday, 1 December 2018.
In his briefing, Dr. Tan Kah Hock informed that the main role of the Sabah Sports Board is to provide sporting facilities to athletes and the public in order to create a healthy and productive society while producing outstanding state athletes.
“The Sabah Sports Board is looking after 16 sports complexes throughout the State of Sabah. We are looking for partnership with other stakeholders in sports to create more sporting activities for the people in Sabah” said Dr. Tan Kah Hock.
The OCM would like to engage the support and cooperation from the Sabah Sports Board to promote the Olympic Movement in Sabah.
The OCM would be collaborating with the Sabah Sports Board to conduct an Olympic Solidarity Sport Administrators Course (SAC) for sports officers in Sabah in the near future.
To enhance the Olympic Movement in Sabah, the OCM would also consider the hosting of the Olympic Day Celebration in Sabah the following year, in June 2020.
Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi was born on the 8th of November 1938. After his retirement in 1991, as an Engineer in the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia, Dato’ Sieh chose to continue his involvement, full time, in the field of sports, where his life-long passion was, especially in the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM).
Born on 21st March 1949, Y.A.M Tunku Tan Sri Imran is the second son of the late Tuanku Jaafar, an elected monarch of the Negeri Sembilan. Tunku Imran was educated in the UK at the King’s School, Canterbury and studied law at Nottingham University before being called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, London in 1971 and qualifying as a Barrister at Law.