MELAKA, Feb 3 — The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) will extend more aid to sepak takraw teams nationwide, including Melaka, which recently won the Khir Johari Gold Cup Sepak Takraw Championship 2024.
Deputy Minister Adam Adli Abd Halim said the aid and support will cover talent development programmes, which are key to unearthing more new talents.
"I have contacted the Melaka sepak takraw team management to see the kind of help KBS can extend to it to ensure its continued progress,” he told the press at Bukit Serindit today.
Adam Adli, who is also the Hang Tuah Jaya MP, was speaking after presenting Chinese New Year cash aid to residents of the Golden Age Care Centre.
Also present were the centre's founder Yeo Kwee Mong and managing director Ab Hamid Aji.
He added the Melaka sepak takraw team can use the training facilities of KBS to prepare for any championships.
Other sepak takraw clubs would also be given attention to ensure their players, coaches, and teams would get the necessary access to KBS at the Federal and state levels.
Melaka ended a 39-year wait for the Khir Johari Gold Cup when they beat Penang 2-1 in the final in Kedah on January 27.
— Bernama
