Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The 33rd Olympic Council of Malaysia General Assembly was held on Saturday, June 28 at the Tan Sri Hamzah Arena, Level 3, OCM Indoor Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur. A total of 61 delegates from 32 Ordinary Members and seven delegates from eight Associate Members attend the annual General Assembly. Eight elected office bearers, together with representatives of the Ministry of Education, National Sports Council and National Sports Institute, were also present, along with Tan Sri Dato’ Dr M Jegathesan, Chairman of OCM Medical and Anti-Doping Committee and Chairman of the Olympic Council of Asia Medical Committee.  

The 33rd General Assembly was chaired by the President of OCM, HRH Prince Tunku Imran, IOC member.

Under agenda item Any Other Business, Dr Jegathesan presented a comprehensive update on the new WADA Code, which will come into force from January 1, 2015.

In other news from Malaysia:

The Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia, Khairy Jamaluddin, launched the “Malaysian Heroes” official sports attire of the Malaysian contingent for multi-sports games on June 26.

At the launch, Sunrise & Co. (PTE) Ltd signed an agreement with the National Sports Council Malaysia to be the official sports attire sponsor of the Malaysian contingent to official multi-sports games under the Yonex brand from 2014 through to 2020.