Ministry allocates matching grants to boost sporting events

(From left) Biemans, KLSCM past winners Loh Chooi Fern and Muhaizar Mohamad, Yeoh and Standard Chartered Malaysia CEO Mak Joon Nien at the KLSCM launch. – Photo courtesy of Dirigo Events

THE future promises an exciting surge in sporting events.

At the launch of the Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM), Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said that athletes had expressed a desire for more sports events to be held in Malaysia to enable them to maintain their fitness and to regularly participate in competitions.