SUKMA 2016: Jawatankuasa pengelola akan pastikan tiada lagi isu tidak 'cantik di venue berbasikal

KUCHING: Jawatankuasa Pengelola Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) XVIII Sarawak 2016 akan memastikan setiap venue pertandingan berada dalam keadaan terbaik bagi mengelak sebarang isu berbangkit ditimbulkan.

Bercakap pada sidang media semalam, Pengerusinya Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani berkata, pihaknya akan terus memastikan perkara tidak diingini tidak berlaku sehingga boleh menjejaskan imej negeri dalam penganjuran sukan berprestij tanah air.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika mengulas isu venue acara berbasikal di Jalan Samariang- FAC yang hanya menggunakan ‘scaffolding’ untuk menandakan garisan penamat yang viral di laman sosial.

SUKMA 2016: Adenan serah bendera negeri kepada kontinjen SUKMA Sarawak

KIBAR CABARAN: Karim mengibarkan bendera Sarawak sambil disaksikan Adenan, Jamilah, Manyin, Masing, Morshidi sebagai simbolik bermula cabaran SUKMA Sarawak 2016.

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem semalam menyempurnakan penyerahan bendera negeri kepada kontinjen Sarawak yang akan menyertai Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) XVIII Sarawak 2016 pada 22 hingga 31 Julai ini.

Majlis tersebut disaksikan isteri Adenan Datin Patinggi Datuk Jamilah Anu serta Timbalan Ketua Menteri Tan Sri Datuk Amar James Jemut Masing, Menteri Belia, Sukan dan Solidariti Dato Sri Micheal Manyin Jawong, Menteri Muda Belia dan Sukan merangkap Chef-De-Mission Sarawak Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan Datuk Profesor Dr Sim Kui Hian, Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani dan Menteri Muda Pendidikan Awal Kanak-Kanak dan Pembangunan Keluarga Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali.

SEMANGAT: Perarakan masuk bendera Sarawak dibawa oleh anggota polis sebelum diserahkan kepada Adenan untuk disampaikan kepada ketua kontinjen SUKMA Sarawak.

Laungan slogan ‘Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban’ oleh para atlet bergema dalam Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman (DeTAR) Putra, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) ketika menyambut ketibaan Adenan bersama rombongan.

SUKMA 2016: Generous incentives if regain the Sukma title

Adenan (centre) addresses the press conference as (from right) Abdul Karim, Morshidi, Manyin and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian look on at Wisma Bapa Malaysia yesterday.

KUCHING (SamuelAubrey): Special incentives await the Sarawak contingent if they emerge overall champions in the upcoming Malaysian Games, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem who announced this yesterday, hinting that the incentives will be “generous” if Sarawak can regain the Sukma title last won in 1994.

“Yes, definitely there will be incentives. We take it one at a time… There will be quite generous incentives,” he told a press conference after the state cabinet was briefed on the 2016 Sukma preparations at Wisma Bapa Malaysia yesterday.

Sarawak is hosting this year’s Sukma XVIII. The opening ceremony will be held at Sarawak Stadium in Petra Jaya on July 23 (next Saturday).

SUKMA 2016: Beef up security measures against IS or militant threats

Morshidi (centre), flanked on his right by Karim and Antonio, chairing the 16th Sukma organising committee meeting in Miri.

MIRI: The state government will beef up security measures against any IS or militant threats during the 18th edition of Malaysia Games ( Sukma) to be held in Kuching, Sibu and Miri from July 22-31.

State Secretary and organising committee chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Morshidi Abdul Ghani said this was to ensure the smooth running of the Games without any untoward incidents.

“We beef up security control in all avenues of competition of each of event, ‘ he said at a press conference at IKBN Miri yesterday after a site inspection tour here, Miri will host karate ( July 19-21), sailing ( July 25-30) and sepak takraw ( July 23-30) events.

SUKMA 2016: Manyin confidents Sarawak will be the champions

Manyin greeting Sarawak Sukma volleyball players.

SIBU: As far as Minister of Sports, Youth and Solidarity Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong is concerned, Sarawak athletes are already heroes even before the 18th Sukma starts on July 22.

“You are champions, and champions are not made out of ordinary people. Champions are made of special people with superhuman mentality because any sport is a combination of mental and physical strength.

“You may be very skilful and physically strong but if you don’t have the mental strength you will not win.

SUKMA 2016: Jangan libatkan diri dengan dadah -Karim

BERSEMANGAT: Manyin bersama Abdul Karim, Morshidi dan Dr Ong menunjukkan isyarat bagus pada sesi memperkenal pakaian rasmi Kontinjen SUKMA Sarawak di Kuching semalam.

KUCHING: Chef-de-mission Kontingen SUKMA Sarawak Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah mengingatkan semua atlet agar tidak terlibat dalam isu penyalahgunaan bahan terlarang.

“Isu doping amat ditekankan kepada mereka (atlet dan jurulatih) kerana kita tidak mahu berdepan masalah selepas menang dalam acara yang dipertandingkan,” katanya yang juga Pengerusi PEMADAM Negeri Sarawak, kepada sebuah akhbar harian berbahasa Melayu, ketika ditemui dalam Program ‘Meet and Greet’ Bersama Atlet SUKMA Sarawak di sebuah pusat membeli-belah di bandar raya ini semalam.

Manakala Menteri Belia, Sukan dan Solidariti, Dato Sri Micheal Manyin Jawong berkata sasaran mengutip 72 pingat emas pada edisi kali ini menjadi suntikan semangat kepada atlet-atlet kontinjen Sarawak.

SUKMA 2016: Sarawak eyeing coveted Sukma title

Sukma-bound athletes cheer with Manyin, Karim and Morshidi (centre) yesterday.

KUCHING (JeremyVeno): Minister of Youth, Sports and Solidarity Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong has called on state athletes to reach for the stars to make Sarawak emerge as the champions in the upcoming 18th Sukma.

“Each of you are already a champion when you are selected to represent the state. That is why we are targeting to bag at least 72 gold medals in this year’s games,” said Manyin to a rousing applause from the athletes during the meet-and-greet session held at a shopping mall here yesterday.

Manyin also challenged the athletes to strive for glory and leave a legacy for themselves and Sarawak.

SUKMA 2016: Wira Sarawak perlu sokongan padu daripada rakyat Sarawak

KAMEK MOK EMAS! Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani bersama-sama atlit-atlit Sarawak selepas berakhirnya majlis.

KUCHING: Chef de Mission SUKMA ke-18 Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menyeru rakyat Sarawak agar memberi sokongan padu kepada atlit-atlit Bumi Kenyalang ketika Sukan Malaysia berlangsung mulai Julai 22 ini.

TERBAIK: Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, diapit oleh Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani dalam sesi memperkenalkan pakaian kontingen SUKMA Sarawak.

Beliau berkata sokongan yang padu ini amat penting untuk memberi motivasi kepada atlit-atlit Sarawak agar berjuang sepenuh hati untuk mengharumkan nama Sarawak di pentas sukan nasional.

SEGAK DAN KEMAS! Pakaian kontingen SUKMA Sarawak untuk Sukan Malaysia edisi ke-18.

Abdul Karim berkata demikian dalam sesi temuramah oleh sebuah TV internet swasta VisionTechTV setelah berakhirnya Majlis Perjumpaan Atlit Sarawak SUKMA XVIII dan Pelancaran Pakaian Kontingen Sarawak di VivaCity Mega Mall pagi tadi.

KAMEK MOK EMAS! Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani bersama-sama atlit-atlit Sarawak selepas berakhirnya majlis.

Beliau juga melahirkan keyakinannya bahawa Sarawak sudah bersedia untuk menyambut kedatangan atlit-atlit SUKMA dari seluruh negara.

Kita merasa yakin untuk muncul sebagai juara dalam Sukan Malaysia tahun ini, kata Abdul Karim, sambil menambah, Sarawak juga berazam untuk menjadi penganjur yang terbaik untuk sukan tersebut.

SUKMA 2016: Morshidi happy with the dry run - declare Sarawak ready for the games

July 1, 2016

KUCHING: The dry run for the 18th SUKMA hosted by Sarawak from July 22 to 31 ended without any glitches at the Sarawak Sports Complex in Petrajaya here this morning.

It was witnessed by the State Secretary Tan Sri Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani who is the chairman of the organising committee.

Speaking at a media conference later he said he was generally happy with the dry run which gave the committee a chance to fine tune the organising aspects of the nation’s biggest sporting event.

“We are now in top gear in terms of preparations. Our officials and volunteers are very excited to get going,” he said adding that the state government had spent about RM400 million to upgrade existing venues and also built new ones to host the 24 sports contested.

SUKMA 2016: Sarawak aims major haul of gold from swimming

May 09, 2016

Morshidi gestures with (from left) Lea Group managing director Raymond Sim, Sarawak Sports Corporation chief executive officer Dr Ong Kong Swee, deputy state secretary Datu Misnu Taha and permanent secretary to Social Development Ministry Kameri Affandi after unveiling the gold medals target. -source

KUCHING: Sarawak is aiming big in this coming SUKMA which is to be held in the state from July 22 to 31.

It is inadequate to merely emerge as the overall champions with a minimum target of 72 gold medals -  it also wants to be the best organiser for the games.

The State Government has spent a whopping sum of RM350 million to build new buildings as well as upgrading sporting facilities for the games.