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| Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:51 AM PDT FOOTBALL FINALS The Tiger Street Football National Finals and Grand Finals will be held this Saturday and Sunday at the 1- Utama open air carpark (near TGIF). Saturday's event will be held from 10am till late while for Sunday, it will take place from 8am to 8pm. A host of exciting street activities performances from across the region will take place. Be sure to join in the festivity and show your support for the teams from Malaysia who will compete against international teams from Brazil, Holland, Singapore, Thailand, China and Vietnam at the Grand Finals. GOLF TOURNAMENT The St. Michael's Institution (SMI) Alumni Association will hold its annual charity golf tournament at the Kelab Rahman Putra Malaysia in Sungai Buloh on Oct 29 to raise funds to help needy students at the school. Donation is RM300 per participant (RM250 for members of Kelab Rahman Putra). For details, call Siew Seng 012-3723326, Francis 012-3661223 or Michael 019-2225660. SPECIAL CARNIVAL Persatuan Kanak-Kanak Istimewa Kajang Selangor (PKIK) is organising a fundraising carnival on Sept 25 from 11am to 4pm at the SJK(C) Yu Hua field, Jalan Timur, Kajang. For info call 03-8736 6385 or email: pkik@streamyx.com BLOOD DONATION The Weld is having a blood donation campaign today and tomorrow at its concourse area from 10am to 4pm. The public is encouraged to help. CHARITY DINNER The Rotary Club of Klang is having a charity dinner to raise funds for its community service projects, to be held on Sept 17, at the Premiere Hotel Klang. For details, call Gerard Lazarus at 012–6270004. COOKING DEMO The Women's Auxiliary of The Spastic Children's Association of Selangor and FT will be holding the monthly charity cooking demonstration on Sept 24 at the Spastic Centre, No. 14, Lorong Utara A, Off Jalan Utara, PJ at 10am. For details, call Datin Faridah Abu Bakar 019- 394 4281 / Margaret Cheng 012- 912 7203. TRAFFIC DIVERSION Kesas Sdn Bhd wishes to inform motorists on Lebuhraya Shah Alam of the temporary traffic diversion until Nov 30, with staggered lane closure is implemented from 10pm to 6am. Call Kesas hotline 03-5633 7188 or visit www.kesas.com.my HEALTH TALK Cansurvive Centre Malaysia is organising a free health talk themed 'Somatics – An Experience of Healing through Feeling' on Sept 17 at 4pm, at the Pure Life Society, Batu 6, Jalan Puchong KL. Limited to first 150 persons. RAYA OPEN HOUSE The Petaling Jaya City council (MBPJ) will be hosting a Hari Raya open house at the Stadium Kelana Jaya this Thursday from 3pm to 6pm. The public is invited to attend. |
| Yew Leong is not pulling the brakes on running Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:51 AM PDT FORMER Pacesetters Athletic Club Malaysia president Wan Yew Leong is known for his tireless efforts in promoting running and increasing the base of local social runners. Besides his passion for running, the 54-year-old former risk management and investment banking head at a financial institution is also keenly interested in discovering Chinese heritage. Following his first visit to China in 1997, he has been travelling to China regularly and it has been an annual outing for him to visit his ancestral home in Guangzhou over the Qingming (All Souls Day) festival period since 2006. Yew Leong said he has always been curious in finding out more about the rich Chinese culture, including folklore at a very young age. "For a start, I had a disadvantage because I went through the English education system. I learned the language through the people's own language programme but it was only a brief course complementing the normal school syllabus. I picked up more on my own reading comics, listening to songs and watching movies," he added. In running, he has completed four full marathons and recorded his personal best of 4'49 at Penang International Marathon in 1988. Two years later, he turned up again at the same event in Penang and covered the 42km course in 5'40 and has not signed up for the marathon distance again. Yew Leong recalled it was an exciting experience participating in the Kuala Lumpur Marathon in the 80s. "I ran my first marathon in 1984 and did the same the following year. I clocked 5'30 on both occasions. Then, it was something special and a novelty to receive a simple sleeveless running vest from the organisers," he said. During his tenure as the Pacesetters president between 2000 and 2005, the club's membership grew from 300 to 1,400 members. "We initiated several events and added it into the race calendar for the local running community. We started with the relay in 2001 and the 15km run was introduced in 2003," said Yew Leong, who is also the Runners Malaysia support group co-founder in partnership with another avid runner Jamie Pang offering assistance to beginners to adopt a healthy lifestyle through running. After retiring from his full-time job at the bank, Yew Leong took up the eight-month advanced sports management diploma conducted by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) under the Olympic Solidarity programme. "It was an interesting complete package course learning how to manage an event. There were six modules in the course and we were required to do a presentation for each module. Besides that, there were assignments and a thorough case study. After earning the qualification, I have been serving as a facilitator for the course over the past two years," said Yew Leong. At the end of last year, he suffered a slipped disc and it took him almost four months to recover. Yew Leong said he has reduced his running sessions to from four to three times a week and allocated more time to swim up to four times a week. Recently, Yew Leong was part of a group comprising 29 members who ran in the Genghis Khan Grassland Extreme Marathon in Xiwuqi, Inner Mongolia. He covered the 21km open landscape course in 2'52. Yew Leong is planning to rebrand the Runners Malaysia's weekly gathering with 4km or 6km training programme at the end of the year. FACT FILE Name: Wan Yew Leong Date of Birth: Aug 17, 1957 Hometown: Kuala Lumpur Occupation: Semi-retired Hobbies: Watching television, travelling, managing sports Favourites Sports Personality: Usain Bolt (Jam) Education - Shaw Road primary school - Victoria Institution - Professional accounting qualification Sports Contributions - Pacesetters president (2000-2005) - Runners Malaysia beginners' programme co-founder - Advanced Sports Management diploma facilitator |
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