Beh, Yuen Hui

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STARMETRO, MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2016J"'..Events 9Goh leads the way with Chan behind her as they are greeted by guestson arriving at a dinner. >Lee (left) signing on a poster at the dinner. With him are (from right) DrWee, Liowand Khairy.Khairy (eighth from right), Liow(ninth from right) and DrWee (10thfrom right) with MCAleaders, the Olympic athletes and their coachesat the event.Euening tOJememberffor Olvmp~cathletes )MeA honours them for their achievements in Riogames with cash incentives, gifts and.a good timeBy BEH YUEN HUt ''The bronze medallist will get freebehyh@thestar.com.my tickets for three years and two freetickets for each of the other OlympicITWAS'a fun-filled night of apprecia- athletes," he announced at the eventtion for all Malaysian Olympic ath- to celebrate the country's biggestletes as they were treated to good achievement at the Olympic Garnes ..food, cash incentives and gifts. Malaysia bagged four silver med-At the dinner hosted by MCAon z als - thanks to shuttlers Datuk LeeWednesday night, the Olympic med- Chong Wei (men's singles), Tan Wee.allists received RM20;OOOcash and a Kiong-Goh V Shem pair (men's dou-trophy each while the other athletes bles) and Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liugot a plaque as a form of encourage- Ying pair (mixed double) as well asment for them. divers Pandelela Rinong and CheongOn top of this, the silver medallists [un Hoang (women's synchronisedalso get to fly on AirAsia for free in 10m platform) while Azizulhasnithe next five years, an initiative Awang won the bronze medal in themade by MCApresident Datuk Seri men'skeirin cycling eventLiow Tiong Laic,who is also Congratulating them on their sue-Transport Minister, to get the carrier cess, Liow said in his speech thatas a sponsor. • athletes not only made a name forthe country, they also brought the .people together through sports."I have also watched the games.with my constituents (in Bentong)and all races cheered for our ath-letes."This is our strength, the spirit ofunity of allMalaysians," he added.Also present were MCAdeputypresident Datuk Seri Dr Wee KaSiang, vice-presidentsDatin PadukaChew Mei Fun, Datuk Lee CheeLeong and Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung,Wanita chairman Datuk Heng SeaiKie, Youth and Sports MinisterKhairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian chef-de-mission to the Olympics Tan SriMohamed AlAmin Abdul Majid,the coaches and family members ofthe athletes.The Olympicmedallists (fromleft) Azizulhasni,Cheong,Pandelela, Lee,Gon, (nann,Goand Tan withtheir coachesand otherOlympic athletes.

Evening to remember for olympic athletes

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Evening to remember for olympic athletes

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