OCM Weekly Highlights - 12th June 2011

SPB Yang DiPertuan Agong’s Birthday Awards

The OCM wishes to congratulate Encik San Seong Kok, on being conferred the Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) award in recognition for his services to sports in Malaysia by His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong XIII, Al-Wathiqu Billah Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, on the occasion of His Majesty’s Birthday on 4^th June 2011.

30^th OCM Annual General Assembly 2011

The members of the Independent Panel, appointed by OCM to conduct the biennial elections of Office Bearers of OCM are Hajah Norminshah Sabirin (Returning Officer), Encik C. Sivanandan and Encik Ong Leng Kok.

Ordinary members of OCM were invited by the Returning Officer on 26^th May 2011 to submit their nomination forms to elect Office Bearers of OCM for the session 2011/2013. Their nomination forms were opened by the Independent Panel at 5.00 p.m. on 7^th June 2011.  The nominations received were checked and confirmed by the Independent Panel, after which a media release were sent to the media as well as to the affiliates of OCM and the nominated candidates.

The nominations received are as follows:

Positions	Nominees
President	YAM Tunku Tan Sri Imran ibni AlmarhumTunku Ja’afar*
Deputy President	Y.Bhg. Dato’ A. Sani Karim*
Vice President	Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Ar. W. Y. Chin
	Cik Low Beng Choo (nominee for women Vice President)*
	Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Zakaria Ahmad
	Y.Bhg. Dato’ Roy Rajasingham
	Y.Bhg. Laksda (B) Dato’ Danyal Balagopal Abdullah
	Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Abdul Halil Abdul Mutalif
	Y.Bhg. Senator Dato’ Maijol Mahap
	Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Mohd Noor Abdul Rahim
Hon. Secretary	Y.Bhg. Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi*
Hon. Asst. Secretary (M)	Encik Ramlay Ibrahim
	Encik Kumar Thangaraju
Hon. Asst. Secretary (F)	Cik Moira Tan Siew See*
Hon. Treasurer	Encik Yong Choo Kong*
Hon. Asst. Treasurer	Encik Rosmanizam Abdullah*

The positions marked * have only one (1) nomination each. The Returning Officer has declared the sole nominees for these positions to have been returned unopposed.

All affiliates of OCM are reminded of the 30^th OCM Annual General Assembly which will be held on Saturday, 18^th June 2011 at 9.30 a.m. at OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Level 3, OCM Indoor Sports Complex, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. In accordance with the Articles and Bylaws of the Constitution of OCM, Notice, Agenda, the Financial Report for Year ending 31^st December 2010 and the 29^th Annual Report, have been sent to the affiliates of OCM on 25^th May 2011 and are also available in OCM Website, www.olympic.org.my.

The Returning Office, Hajah Norminshah Sabirin has requested the Registration of Delegates forms, duly filled and signed by either the President or the Honorary Secretary (Secretary General) of the Ordinary Member of OCM to be returned to OCM on or before 10.00 am on Monday, 13^th May 2011.

In accordance with the Articles and By-Laws of the Constitution of OCM, Ordinary Members of OCM must submit their Registration of Delegates forms, duly filled up with the names of 3 delegates and 2 alternates, to OCM by 10.00 a.m. on 13^th June 2011.  Non-registered delegates would not be permitted to attend and vote at the 30^th OCM Annual General Assembly on 18^th June 2011.  Associate Members of OCM must also submit their Registration forms with the name of one observer, who can attend the 30^th OCM Annual General Assembly but has no voting rights.

Survey of National Sports Associations (NSAs) in Malaysia

Mr. Brian Minikin has completed the first phase of the evaluation of the capacity and functioning of NSAs and will be leaving Malaysia in the morning of 13^th June 2011.  Due to SUKMA, except for about a dozen NSAs, the remaining NSAs are still filing up the Survey forms distributed by Mr. Brian Minikin.  In any case, while waiting for more information from the survey forms submitted by the NSAs, Mr. Brian Minikin has managed to analyse the returns from the Rating Exercise on NSAs carried out by OCM in 2007 and 2009.

NSAs that have not filled up and return their Survey forms to OCM are requested to do so as soon as possible.  The completed Survey forms submitted after Mr. Brian Minikin has left Malaysia will be emailed to him to analyse.  Mr. Brian Minikin will return to Malaysia during the first week of July 2011, when he will meet representatives of NSAs to discuss in depth the capacity and functioning of NSAs.

Prof. Leigh Robinson, the lead researcher of the team, will be in Kuala Lumpur from 18^th to 22^nd July for meetings and discussions with OCM, NSAs and other organizations involved in sports development in Malaysia.

OCM’s Relationship with BFM 89.9FM

BFM 89.9FM, has been broadcasting news from OCM/NSAs in their weekly programme –

"Sports Un-illustrated" - hosted by Ross Yusoff on Sundays from 10.00am to 12 Noon.  The

National Associations of Ice Skating, Water Skiing, Hockey and Lawn Bowls and have been

providing news and information to Encik Chris Syer, a member of the OCM Media Committee and

in turn BFM 89.9FM has provided the above sports some coverage.

NSAs, that wish to have their up-coming events and personalities featured on the BFM 89.9FM

“Sports Un-illustrated” programme, are requested to make contact with Encik Chris Syer, a member

of the OCM Media Committee by e-mail < scianda@yahoo.com > or mobile 012 3895950.  The

publicity from having their news aired on BFM89.9FM would certainly benefit NSAs concerned,

their sports and their athletes.

 2011 IOC Trophy: “Sport and Social Responsibility”

Since 1985, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made available to all NOCs an annual IOC Trophy, each year with a different theme.  The NOCs are responsible for identifying and selecting a recipient of the Trophy in their countries.

For the year 2011, the title of the IOC Trophy is “Sport and Social Responsibility”. The Trophy will be presented to any athlete, official, organisation and other people, who are involved in sport, who are role models and an inspiration to young people.

OCM has the pleasure to invite NSAs, Media and the public to nominate candidates for consideration to be the recipient of the 2011 Trophy, which will be presented at the XIX OCM Annual Dinner in December 2011. The closing date for nomination is 31^st July 2011.

Coming Events

23^rd OCM Executive Board Meeting – 14^th June 2011 at 4.30 p.m. at OCM Boardroom, Mezzanine Floor, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur.

48^th Asia Pacific Bridge Federation (APBF) Championships 2011 – 15^th to 24^th June 2011 at Level 2C, OCM Indoor Sports Complex, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur.

30^th Annual General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) – 18^th June 2011 at 10.00 a.m. at OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Level 3, Wisma OCM.

2011 MALGA’s Annual General Meeting – 21^st June 2011 at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club.

Olympic Day Fun Run 2011 – 17^th July 2011 at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur from 7.00 a.m.

Malaysian Ladies Amateur Open 2011 – 19^th to 21^st July 2011 at The Mines Resort and Golf Club.

World Sepaktakraw Championships 2011 – 20^th to 24^th July 2011 at Titiwangsa Sepaktakraw Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.

6^th OCM-Pharmathon Ex-Internationals Golf Challenge 2011 – 27^th July 2011 at Kelab Golf Seri Selangor (KGSS), from 6.45 a.m.

Sarawak Wakeboard World Cup – 16^th to 18^th September 2011, at Kuching, Sarawak.

2011 IWWF Asian Waterski & Wakeboard Championship – 5^th to 9^th October 2011 at Water Sports Complex Presint 6, Putrajaya.

1^st Asian Shotgun Shooting Championships – 5^th to 15^th December 2011 at National Shooting Range, Subang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS 2011/2012

9^th World Conference on Sport and the Environment – 30 April to 2 May 2011, Qatar.

51^st International Session for Young Participants – 25^th June to 9^th July 2011, Olympia, Greece.

30^th General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) – 14^th July 2011 at Tokyo, Japan.

4^th Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 – 7^th to 13^th September 2011, Isle of Man.  

14^th World Sport for All Congress 2011 – 20^th to 23^rd September 2011 at Beijing, China.

26^th SEA Games 2011 – 11^th to 25^th November 2011 at Palembang and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Games of the XXX Olympiad – 27^th July to 12^th August 2012, London.