The Malaysian Sports Supreme Committee (Sukma) has officially agreed to offer the organization of a total of 488 events for the 2024 Sarawak Edition Sukma Games scheduled to take place from 17 to 24 August next.
The total offer of events divided into 236 men’s events, 217 women’s events and 35 mixed or open events for the 37 types of sports contested was decided in a meeting chaired by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Hannah Yeoh.
Each event must see a minimum participation of athletes from six states for it to be contested.
The 21st edition of Temasya Sukma will be held in nine parts of Sarawak, namely Kuching with 25 types of sports, Samarahan (2), Serian (1), Sri Aman (1), Betong (1), Sibu (3), Mukah ( 3), Bintulu (3) and Miri (6) to ensure the excitement can be felt by the people throughout Sarawak
The organizers have also identified five main sports villages to house the athletes from the 15 competing contingents which are at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Kota Samarahan, Laila Taib College in Sibu, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Mukah Campus, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Campus Bintulu and National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) Miri.
Meanwhile, the Sukma Supreme Committee at the meeting decided on a number of matters, among which a total of 108 overlapping athlete registrations were resolved by the National Sports Council (MSN) and the Sarawak Sukma 2024 Secretariat through a mutual agreement between the State Contingents involved.
The Sarawak Secretariat also set the 100 Day Moment before Sarawak Sukma 2024 to be held on May 9 to be completed by the Premier of Sarawak, Tan Sri Abang Johari Abang Openg.
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