Ticket Express to market Azlan Shah

07/03/1999

THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) have appointed Ticket Express to
sell tickets and arrange for sponsors to meet the cost of organising the
Azlan Shah Cup on April 2-10 in Kuala Lumpur.
Germany, South Korea, Pakistan, New Zealand and Canada will join
Malaysia for the tournament, to be played at the 12,000-seater National
Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
Ticket Express sold RM38 million worth of tickets for the Kuala Lumpur
Commonwealth Games last year.
MHF secretary S. Satgunam said they will decide on ticket prices soon.
South Korea and Pakistan, who will play in June's Champions Trophy, are
among the top three Asian teams. India, the Asian Games champions, were
not invited.
The Malaysian-Canada rivalry goes back to 1995 in Barcelona Olympic
qualifier when the Canadians were beaten by Malaysia.
When they last met at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in
September, Malaysia beat them again but it was an incident filled match on
and off the pitch.
The young Malaysian team did well to finish second behind Australia at
the Commonwealth Games in September but finished fifth behind India,
Korea, Pakistan and Japan at the December Asian Games in Bangkok.
Said Satgunam of the sponsorship deal, "Ticket Express have guaranteed
to get sponsorship to meet 75 per cent of the total cost of organising the
tournament.
"It is a good deal."
MHF would also seek sponsorship to meet the balance of the estimated
RM650,000 needed to run the tournament.
"Over and above the sponsorship raised, Ticket Express will share with
us a certain percentage of ticket sales," said Satgunam.
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