NATIONAL SPORTS DAY 2016, MEXICO CITY

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY 2016

MEXICO CITY

Malaysia`s National Sports Day 2016 was organised by the Malaysian Embassy in Mexico City on Sunday, 9 October 2016 alongside with the gazette weekly sports day held every Sundays in Mexico City. Every Sunday, a total of 30 km of city road are closed from 0600 hours to 1400 hours for motor vehicles as the city dwellers to enjoy non-motorised sport activities such as jogging, cycling, rollerblading and aerobics. On a normal Sunday, nearly 10 thousand people participate in this weekly leisure activities and this number could reach to more than 70 thousand people during special events.

In conjunction with this year Malaysia`s National Sports Day, H.E. Ambassador Mohammad Azhar Mazlan led 40 Malaysians and the embassy staff in sports activities, among others, brisk walking, jogging, running, cycling and rollerblading for 5 km. Also present, were the Ambassador of Algeria and Ambassador of the Philippines as well as colleagues from embassies of ASEAN countries in Mexico City namely Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam as well as representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.

The sports activities started at 9.30 am at the Auditorio Nacional and stopped at El Ángel de la Independencia about an hour later. At El Ángel de la Independencia, the Malaysian contingent joined the locals for aerobic session.  The presence of the `Malaysian contingent` among thousands of Mexicans had attracted local interest towards Malaysia. Embassy staff also distributed copies of Visit Malaysia pamphlets during the sports day. Those participated in the event gave positive feedbacks as they were glad to have had the opportunity to interact with each other in an informal and friendly setting.

` MAJULAH SUKAN UNTUK NEGARA `

Embassy of Malaysia

Mexico City

MEXICO

October 10, 2016