What MHF schools committee?

15/05/2002

THE Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) Schools Committee chaired Lt Jen (R)
Datuk Abdul Manap Ibrahim, was formed in 1999 and yet three years later
several members claim they have no knowledge that such a committee exists.
No letters of appointment have been sent to inform members that they are
part of the MHF Schools Committee, so naturally, no meetings have been
held by the committee since it was formed.
V. Muraleedharan, a teacher at the Bukit Jalil Sports School, was amazed
and shocked when told that his name was on the committee list at the MHF
website (www.hokimalaysia.com).
"No, I am not aware that I am a member of the MHF Schools Committee
because I have not received any letter informing me of my appointment. I
have also not received any letter calling for a meeting of the committee,"
said Muraleedharan.
Another member from Penang, K. Ramasamy was equally perplexed when told
that he is a member of the MHF Schools Committee.
"What? I do not know that such a committee exists. There has been no
letters and I have not been called for any meetings.
"Anyway, I am a teacher who just loves doing his work and I train my
boys how to play hockey at school level. But the idea of having such a
commitee is good because then we can liaise and develop the game at the
grassroots with the parent body. But I am not aware of it," said Ramasamy.
When names of the other members in the committee were read out to
Ramasamy, he said that he knew most of them as they are the technical
chairmen of their respective State Schools Sports Council.
"But I am not sure if they know that they have been appointed."
The chairman of the MHF schools committee is Lt Jen (B) Datuk Abdul
Manap Ibrahim while the secretary is K. Paramasivam and both could not be
reached for comments.
At the MHF website, there was a note which read: At the first meeting of
the MHF Executive Committee only the chairman and the secretary were
appointed by names. It was decided then that the Technical Chairman,
appointed by the Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Negeri/Malaysia, will be
members of the Schools Committee.
MHF Schools Committee - Chairman: Lt Jen (B) Datuk Abdul Manap Ibrahim
(Petaling Jaya); Secretary: K. Paramasivam (Kelantan).
Members: V. Sasidharan (Malacca), Tan Woon Su (Kuala Terengganu), Aris
Maidin (Kuala Lumpur), Mohd Noor Mat Hassan (Kota Bahru), Azmil Abd Jalil
(Kuantan), Noor Rashid Osman (Kangar), K. Ramasamy (Penang), Salehudin
Mokhtar (Teluk Intan), Ashvin Kumar Patel (Seremban, deceased), Mahran
Kipli (Kuching), Burhanuddin Marzuki (Sabah), Mohd Izhab Yaacob (Kedah),
Mohd Salleh Ismail (Johor Bahru), Ahmad Bistamin Mahmood (Selangor), V.
Muraleedharan (Kuala Lumpur), Lukman Sa'adon (Johor).
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