SIBU: The last-minute cancellation of ‘Tour of Sarawak (TOS) 2016’ cycling race has inconvenienced the participating teams as well as the supporting department and agencies, Assistant Youth Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said yesterday.
Expressing regret over the matter, he suggested that the organiser should have been more professional in organising an event of this magnitude.
“They should not have let the event be abruptly cancelled and causing so much inconvenience to participating teams, and supporting department and agencies.
“How could they keep silent till the end without informing participating teams that the event could not proceed. Surely, they would know about their financial standing months ago and could make a decision whether to go ahead with the race or not,” Abdul Karim, who is Asajaya assemblyman, added.
Though the sports of cycling in Sarawak would not be affected, the image of Malaysia and Sarawak would be tainted by dubious organisers like this, he opined.
Meanwhile, Bernama has reported that the Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) was ready to foot the transportation bill of teams involved in the Tour of Sarawak (ToS) 2016 due to the cancellation of the tour at the eleventh hour.
MNCF president Datuk Abu Samah Abdul Wahab was reported to have described the episode (cancellation) as embarrassing.
