Did you know
that we have a football tournament called the Piala Muhibbah KLK and that this
is the fourth year of the tournament.
The rules of
the game are simple. If the players are from a Malay club then they have to
make up a team of 11 players consisting of
7 Malay, 2 Indian and 2 Chinese to qualify to play, simple.
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| William Chang, the organiser |
Dewan Bahasa
dan Pustaka has defined ‘Muhibbah’ as perasaan persahabatan dan kemesraan or feeling
of friendship and camaraderie or closeness.
Just what we
need at this time when we have a new government and a new liberalism it seems
just the right initiative to promote MUHHIBBAH.
According to
William Chang the organizer, the tournament is part of Kuala Lumpur Kepong’s
CSR project 'KLK Care' with the tagline ‘Values Matter, Society Matters’.
"That was the sole
purpose, fostering friendship.
It started
four years ago. That first year was difficult because the teams found it
difficult to grasp the concept and so we relaxed the rules somewhat.
But the
second year onward we followed the rule strictly and it’s been following
regulation since’.
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| Muhibbah Team Azmihan from Sungai Siput |
This is a
two day tournament 4 and 5 August with 16 teams from Ipoh participating. Tomorrow 5th
August will be the final and the tournament should end by 2pm.
Chang who is
attached with Ipoh Bug a Youth Sports Club had entered his team that somehow
overextended the spirit of Muhibbah to make it international.
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| Muhibbah Team Ipoh Bug |
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| with 'imported' players from Finland, Korea and United States |
Besides the
usual Chinese, Malay and Indian he has included Finland, Korean, American
players to the team.
A small
tournament but big and timely at this time in history.
JAG
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