The Malaysian Contingent to the VII Commonwealth Youth Games Trinbago 2023, was given a warm welcome at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on their arrival on Tuesday, 15th August 2023.
The Malaysian Contingent led by the Chef de Mission, Mrs. Ang Li Peng, along with the secretariat, members of the Athletics and Aquatics-Swimming teams, were given a rousing welcome by Y.B. Adam Adli, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Dato’ Paduka Mumtaz Jaffar, Vice President of CGA Malaysia and officials from the CGA Malaysia, the National Sports Council (NSC) and family members of the athletes.
The simple welcoming reception paid tribute to the sole gold medallist of the Contingent, Goh Li Hen, who bagged the gold in the Swimming Men’s 200m Butterfly event. The other medallists, Nur Alyssa Mohd Farid and Darwish Putra Muhd Sanusi (silver) together with Lau New Joe and Muhammad Hafi Muhd Jafri (bronze) from the Cycling Team, were scheduled to fly to Cali, Colombia from Trinidad and Tobago for another competition.
“Congratulations to the Malaysian Contingent for the 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medal haul to be ranked 14th out of 71 Commonwealth Nations and Territories.
“I wish to congratulate Mrs. Ang Li Peng for her exemplary leadership. Having been a gold medalist in Badminton at the XVII Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002, Li Peng was a source of motivation and inspiration to the young athletes in giving their best at the Games,” stated Dato’ Paduka Mumtaz Jaffar, who is also the Chairperson of the Women and Sport Committee of CGA Malaysia.
The next Commonwealth Youth Games are scheduled for 2025, with the host nation to be announced later.
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- Y.B. Adam Adli with Dato’ Paduka Mumtaz Jaffar photograph with Goh Li Hen, the gold medalist of the VII Commonwealth Youth Games Trinbago 2023.
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- The Malaysian Contingent has been welcomed at the KLIA.
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- Group photograph of Y.B. Adam Adli, Dato’ Paduka Mumtaz Jaffar with the Malaysian Contingent.
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- Press conference with the gold medalist, Goh Li Hen.
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- CGA Malaysia official photograph with Y.B. Adam Adli, Dato’ Paduka Mumtaz Jaffar and Mrs. Ang Li Peng.
Photo credit: National Sports Council
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.