:Sport complexes can help steer youth toward good life: Louis

TAWAU: Sport complexes can play a part in nourishing youth into healthy activities through the creation of sports or activities which give great interest to the present youth and the district’s sport complex can perform in such manner. The new director of the Sabah Sport Board Datuk Louis Rampas during his visit to the district to inspect the sport complex here at noon on July 21 said that sports such as futsal, rock climbing, paint ball, BMX, skateboarding can give youth of today a new avenue and steer them away from being involved in bad influences.

`This ideas of having such sports to cater for the need of today’s youth is suggested by Merotai State Assemblyman YB Pang Nyuk Ming and this is a good idea in the interest of the country’, he stated in a press conference after receiving briefing of the complex with his deputy YB Masiung Banah and Pang at the complex’s meeting room.

He added that such sports which bring new challenges are interested by youth of today and the board received well such suggestions as it benefit the country.

In another matter, Louis also said that the district has created a number of promising athletes in the past and the complex can also be used as added facilities for upcoming sport men and sport women.

In the planned second phase development of the complex, Louis said that the complex is a Federal project thus the second phase is under their directive. Louis also toured the whole complex with among others Mahmood Kalong, the general manager of the Sabah Sport Board and his deputy IR. Christopher Lean.