M’sian football gets RM50-RM60m funding for grassroots level

Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, the Minister of Youth and Sports has announced that the government has agreed in principle to allocate some RM50 to RM60million for a fund to help develop the country’s ailing football industry from the grassroots level. The fund will be managed by a board of trustees and will be expected to start next year. Shabery said

“It will be for grassroots development as the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) lacks funds for this purpose. However, the elite programme involving the national squad will still be under the FAM. The proposal by the ministry was raised at the Cabinet meeting last Friday and that follow-up action would be taken upon his return to Kuala Lumpur after the closing ceremony of the Laos SEA Games this Friday. The fund would initially concentrate on football before being extended to other sports.


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Even they spend 500milion, the football in this country is not going anywhere!

It just another excuse for the BN government to enrich themself only


50 or 60 millions. There is a 10 million different in this sum. But
when this money reach the grassroot, maybe 10,000.00 rm is
left for soccer. The rest you guy guess to where.