LONDON, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- A small budget for sports development
programmes was the main reason why Malaysia are not able to produce
world class athletes who can win medals at the Olympics says National
Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong.
He said investment on sports should not be measured solely from the economic aspect as sports was not capable of providing the economic return yet.
"Our budget is still low to produce Olympic standard athletes. We have also lost many good coaches as we could not match the high salaries offered to them by others," he told Malaysian reporters here Saturday.
He was commenting on the views of several parties who disputed the RM20 million allocation under the Road to London 2012 programme to win Malaysia's first gold medal in the 2012 Olympics.
Zolkples said the RM20 million budget was not the actual amount because the earlier allocation was lower.
He said investment on sports should not be measured solely from the economic aspect as sports was not capable of providing the economic return yet.
"Our budget is still low to produce Olympic standard athletes. We have also lost many good coaches as we could not match the high salaries offered to them by others," he told Malaysian reporters here Saturday.
He was commenting on the views of several parties who disputed the RM20 million allocation under the Road to London 2012 programme to win Malaysia's first gold medal in the 2012 Olympics.
Zolkples said the RM20 million budget was not the actual amount because the earlier allocation was lower.
-- BERNAMA
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