The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Malaysia collaborated with the NOC Malaysia and the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia has successfully organized the Malaysia-leg of the Cambodia 2023 Torch Relay on Tuesday, 11th April 2023, in Putrajaya, the Administrative Centre of the Federal Government of Malaysia.
The Torch Relay was jointly officiated by 5 distinguished guests as follows:
1. Y.B. Hannah Yeoh – Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia
2. H.E. Mr. Ouk Chandara – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Cambodia
3. H.E. Mr. Hor Sarun – Secretary of State of the Ministry of Tourism & Special Envoy of the National Committee of CAMSOC
4. Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin – Deputy President of NOC Malaysia
5. Dato’ Sri Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin – President of NPC Malaysia
In order to add meaning to the Torch Relay, the NOC Malaysia has specially arranged the following prominent athletes and SEA Games multiple gold medallists from the past four (4) decades to grace the event. They are:
1. Datuk Zaiton Othman (Athletics) – 5 gold medals in 1981, 1983 & 1989
2. Mdm. V. Angamah (Athletics) – 3 gold medals in 1981
3. Mdm. Nurul Huda Abdullah (Swimming) – 22 gold medals in 1985, 1987 & 1989
4. Datuk Shalin Zulkifli (Tenpin Bowling) – 22 gold medals from 1993 to 2019
5. Ms. Sharon Wee (Squash) – 5 gold medals in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2005.
6. Mr. R. Puvaneswaran (Karate) – 5 gold medals in 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007 & 2009
7. Mr. Ng Shu Wai (Gymnastics) – 9 gold medals in 2001, 2003 & 2005
8. Mr. Muhammad Hakimi Ismail (Athletics) – 3 gold medals in 2015, 2017 & 2019
Y.B. Hannah Yeoh described the Torch Relay as the culmination of the ultimate teamwork, where sports administrators coordinated an event that involved past and present athletes to celebrate the upcoming SEA Games.
Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, in his speech, thanked Y.B. Hannah Yeoh and the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia for hosting the celebration of the “Torch” and the “Flame” of the 32nd SEA Games and the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which carries the values of peace, friendship and solidarity of the Olympic Movement around the premises of the Ministry, the Menara KBS.
He also thanked the following entities for supporting the organisation of the Torch Relay:
1. Perbadanan Putrajaya
2. National Sports Council of Malaysia
3. Royal Malaysia Police
4. Confucian Private Secondary School
5. Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Choong Wen
6. Malaysian Contingent to the 32nd SEA Games Cambodia 2023 comprising of athletes and officials from the sports of Athletics, Cricket, Gymnastics, Hockey, Jet Ski, Karate, Pétanque, Triathlon and Wushu.
A total of 300 participants comprising of representatives from the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia, the National Sports Council of Malaysia, the NOC Malaysia, the NPC Malaysia, the Perbadanan Putrajaya, the SEA Games multiple gold medallists, the athletes and officials of the Malaysian Contingent to the 32nd SEA Games, students from the Confucian Private Secondary School and Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Choong Wen and the Cambodian community in Malaysia had completed the course of 3.3 km to and fro the Dataran Gemilang from the Menara KBS.
“Sports: Live In Peace”
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- Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin running as the fourth torchbearer.
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- H.E. Mr. Ouk Chandara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cambodia, delivering his speech.
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- Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, Deputy President of NOC Malaysia, delivering his speech.
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- Dato’ Sri Megat D. Shahriman Zaharudin, President of NPC Malaysia, delivering his speech.
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- H.E. Mr. Hor Sarun, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Tourism & Special Envoy of the National Committee of CAMSOC, delivering his speech.
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- Y.B. Hannah Yeoh, Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia, delivering her speech.
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- Group photograph of the distinguished guests with the torch prior to the start of the Cambodia 2023 Torch Relay. L-R: 1. Dato’ Sri Megat Shahriman D. Zaharudin 2. Y.B. Hannah Yeoh 3. H.E. Mr. Hor Sarun 4. H.E. Ambassador Mr. Ouk Chandara 5. Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin 6. Dr. Seng Bunsong, Senior Advisor of NOC Cambodia
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- H.E. Mr. Hor Sarun running as the first torchbearer.
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- H.E. Ambassador Mr Ouk Chandara running as the second torchbearer.
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- Y.B. Hannah Yeoh running as the third torchbearer.
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- Y.B. Hannah Yeoh handing the torch to Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin.
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- Dato’ Sri Megat D. Shahriman Zaharudin running as the fifth torchbearer.
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- Y.B. Hannah Yeoh handed the torch to the Team from Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia headed by its Secretary General, Ts. Dr. Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu.
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- Ts. Dr. Nagulendran Kangayatkarasu running as the sixth torchbearer.
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- Mr. Abdullah Hasan, Deputy Secretary General (Management) of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia, running as the seventh torchbearer.
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- Mr. Jefri Ngadirin, Director of Athletes Division of the National Sports Council of Malaysia, running as the eighth torchbearer.
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- The para-athletes who took part in the Cambodia 2023 Torch Relay.
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- The Team from Perbadanan Putrajaya headed by its President, Dato’ Tpr. Fadhlun Mak Ujud (torchbearer).
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- Dato’ Tpr. Fadhlun Mak Ujud handing the torch to Datuk Zaiton Othman.
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- Datuk Zaiton Othman (torchbearer) is one the SEA Games multiple gold medalists in Athletics.
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- Mdm. V. Angamah (torchbearer) is one the SEA Games multiple gold medalists in Athletics.
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- Mr. R. Puvaneswaran (torchbearer) is one the SEA Games multiple gold medalists in Karate.
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- Mr. Ng Shu Wai (torchbearer) is one the SEA Games multiple gold medalists in Gymnastics.
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- Mr. Muhammad Hakimi Ismail (torchbearer) is one the SEA Games multiple gold medalists in Athletics.
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- Ms. Sharon Wee (torchbearer) is one the SEA Games multiple gold medalists in Squash.
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- Datuk Zaiton Othman handing the torch to the Team from the Malaysian Contingent to the 32nd SEA Games Cambodia 2023 headed by the Chef de Mission, Datuk Mohd Nasir Ali.
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- Datuk Mohd Nasir Ali holding the torch with care.
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- Datuk Mohd Nasir Ali is the last torchbearer of the Cambodia 2023 Torch Relay.
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- Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt, Vice President of NOC Malaysia, handing over the torch to Dr. Seng Bunsong, Senior Advisor of NOC Cambodia.
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- Members of the Executive Board of NOC Malaysia present in support of the Cambodia 2023 Torch Relay. L-R: 1. Dato’ Chong Kim Fatt (Vice President) 2. Dato’ Mohd Nazifuddin (Secretary General) 3. Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin (Deputy President) 4. Dato’ Ahmad Feisal Ahmad Tajuddin (Treasurer) 5. Datuk Mohd Nasir Ali (Assistant Treasurer)
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.