National Sports Day 2022 will continue as usual
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Sports Day 2022 (HSN2022) celebrations throughout the country will continue as usual this Saturday, said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu.
He said that despite rumors that the dissolution of Parliament will be done in the near future, the annual event is scheduled to be officiated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob himself at the Palace of Justice Complex Square, Putrajaya.
“I would like to emphasize that so far the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) has no intention or thought at all to postpone HSN which will be celebrated on Oct 8. All states will also organize HSN on the same day.
“There are rumors that KBS will postpone HSN. It is not true. For us, sport is a tool of unity and must continue. At a time when we are too polemic with politics, I hope HSN will unite the people,” he told reporters after launching the Kuala Lumpur Sports Industry Expo. 2022 (EISKL 2022) in Bukit Jalil today.
KBS previously in a statement informed that among the HSN2022 filling programs are Putrajaya Night Marathon HSN2022, Water Sports Carnival, National Climbing Sports Carnival, e-sports Tournament, Let’s Get Fit, M-Games and the Kuala Lumpur Sports Industry Expo.
HSN2022 also involves strategic collaboration with the private sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to ensure the involvement of Malaysians at all levels.
HSN2021 was celebrated across the country in a hybrid manner following the COVID-19 pandemic while HSN2020 had to be canceled due to the pandemic.
The first edition of HSN in 2015 which forged a name in the Malaysia Book Of Records (MBOR) as the Organization of the Most Sports Activities Simultaneously in One Day with a total of 17,648 sports activities, managed to attract a total participation of more than five million people.
source – BERNAMA
