Larian Perpaduan Merdeka - 17/08/2008

The run was organised by the ministry of women,family and community development and is chaired by its minister YB Dato' Dr Ng Yen Yen.The aims of the run are to spread the spirit of patriotism among the Malaysian in the coming 51st Merdeka celebration,to further foster the unity in our multiracial society and also to create the spirit of voluntarily.

YAB Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,our beloved prime minister arrived at the Dataran Merdeka at 7.20 am.He shake hands with participants at the front line and those at the back rushed forward to catch a glimpse of our nation leader.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was accompanied by Dato Dr Ng Yen Yen during the meeting session with runners

The race was officially gunned off at 7.30am by our PM after a short speech by Dato Dr Ng.It was another usual run but this morning's was a hot and humid one.There were two water stations compared to usually one stationed at 5 km mark.

Thousands of participants took part in various categories and the organiser did a very good job to make sure the race was smooth.Police traffic were placed at all junctions to make sure motorists did not trespass into the running path.



Syanizam at the finishing line


Silat demonstrations


There were 8 tents all together for runners to redeem their goodies bags and need not have to queue up in long line and waste so much time


KPAC members.From left to right:Zainuddin,Syanizam,Mohd Johari (front),Thalagavathy,Kamalan and his nephew.


Crowd were entertained by popular comedians

Results at glance

Women Open 10k

No:006--47m 15s---Thalagavathy

Men Open 10k

No:007--40m 17s---Jayakumar
No:041--49m 16s---Kamalan

No:072--50m 16s---Mohd Johari
No:117--57m 12s---Subramaniam
No:121--57m 51s---Tee Kuan Meng
No:128--58m 40s---Syanizam

Men Junior Veteran 10k
No:017--49m 32s---Zainudin

I was told a total of 110 KPAC members signed up for the Adidas King Of The Road (KOTR) run last Sunday(12/08/2008) at Dataran Alam Sentral,Shah Alam.Our president reported that the response was overwhelming as thousands turned up.Consequently,there were some misunderstandings here and there especially the water stations where all categories coincided leaving no water for the half marathoners.Read more here about the race and here too.

And here are the results,see how the KPAC members fared.

Men Open 22.7 km
No:000--2h 15m 50s---Tee Choon Wooi
No:238--2h 17m 43s---Leong Ann Lok
No:000--2h 45m 11s---Chuah Chueng Zhan
No:000--2h 50m 47s---Chew Thong Heng


Men Junior Veteran 22.7 km
No:007--1h 40m 55s---Dhan Bahadur
No:015--1h 50m 12s---Wong Soon Pin
No:000--1h 51m 20s---Ter Yew Tiong
No:000--1h 52m 36s---Yee Sing Seng
No:000--1h 55m 04s---Lim Boon Wah
No:000--2h 06m 12s---Ong Teck Keong
No:000--2h 20m 45s---Ng Hock Lee
No:000--2h 55m 14s---Hansom Quek


Men Open 10 km
No:000--50m 33s---Loi Hing Kai
No:000--51m 05s---Kee Weng Keong
No:122--53m 42s---Syanizam
No:000--58m 15s---Kamaruzaman

Women Open 10 km
No:003--47m 51s---Seah Bee Lian

Men Junior Veteran 10 km
No:023--48m 23s---Tan Siew Sing

Men Senior Veteran 7 km
No:012--41m 03s---Phang Fok Thing
No:014--41m 24s---Khoo Thiam Seng


Below are some photographs courtesy of Kee Weng Keong