Malaysia prepares Asian Games bid

Malaysia prepares Asian Games bid

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will face its first test in its
bid for the 2006 Asian Games when a high-powered foreign
inspection team arrives here next week, officials said Sunday.

A five-member team, led by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
vice-president Muhammad Latif Butt, will fly in Monday from New
Delhi for a two-day visit, said Olympic Council of Malaysia
secretary Sieh Kok Chi.

Muhammaf Latif, who heads the evaluation committee, will be
accompanied by OCA treasurer Santiparb Tejavanija, OCA athletes
committee chairman Mikako Sugiura, OCA sports committee member
Muwaffak Fawaz and coordinator Vinod Tiwari, he said.