Seramai tiga wakil daripada Persekutuan Bolasepak Antarabangsa (FIFA) telah hadir ke Kuala Lumpur sejak Isnin lalu (28 September 2015) untuk lawatan pemeriksaan venue selama empat hari bagi menentukan venue pilihan menjelang Kongres FIFA yang bakal berlangsung di ibu negara pada 2017.
Mereka terdiri daripada pengurus acara bagi acara khas dan pengurusan tetamu FIFA, Daniel Kottmann; Alexandra Lorimer dari Pejabat Penginapan FIFA (FAO) serta Lisa Tschanz dari Rufener Events.
Kehadiran tiga wakil FIFA ini disertai dua wakil Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) iaitu penolong setiausaha agung, Lazarus Jansen Xavier dan ketua jabatan hal ehwal antarabangsa, Jack Subramanian Manickam sepanjang tempoh pemeriksaan berkenaan.
Kesemua mereka telah melakukan pemeriksaan ke sebanyak 17 buah hotel serta di sekitar Kuala Lumpur serta dua pusat konvensyen iaitu Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) dan Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Putrajaya (PICC) sepanjang tiga hari - Selasa, Rabu dan Khamis.
Selesai pemeriksaan venue dilakukan, mesyuarat penutup telah berlangsung lewat petang semalam di Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya yang dipengerusikan Penolong Setiausaha Agung FAM, Abang Zulkarnain Abang Abdurahman yang memangku tugas Setiausaha Agung FAM, Dato' Hamidin Mohd Amin yang menunaikan haji.
Ketiga-tiga wakil FIFA itu telah berlepas pulang pada pagi ini dan keputusan mengenai venue mana terpilih untuk menganjurkan Kongres FIFA 2017 itu akan diputuskan FIFA pada hujung tahun ini.
FIFA pada Disember 2013 telah mengumumkan Malaysia sebagai tuan rumah kongres kali ke-67 badan induk itu pada 2017.
FIFA CONGRESS 2017 VENUE INSPECTION VISIT IN KUALA LUMPUR
Three representatives from International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) conducted a four-day venue inspection visit in Kuala Lumpur, beginning Monday (28 September 2015) to preside on the chosen venue to host the upcoming FIFA Congress set to take place at the nation’s capital in 2017.
The FIFA delegation comprises of FIFA Event Manager, Daniel Kottmann; Alexandra Lorimer from FIFA Accommodation Office (FAO) and Lisa Tschanz from Rufener Events.
They were joined by two representatives from Football Association of Malaysia (FAM); Assistant Secretary-General, Lazarus Jansen Xavier and Head of International Affairs Department, Jack Subramaniam Manickam throughout the inspection period.
The delegation has assessed all 17 hotels in Kuala Lumpur together with two convention centres; Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) and Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) during the three-day period – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
A closing meeting was held late yesterday evening at Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya after the completion of the venue inspection chaired by FAM Assistant Secretary-General, Abang Zulkarnain Abang Abdurahman who assumed the duties of FAM Secretary-General, Dato' Hamidin Mohd Amin who is currently away performing pilgrimage.
All three FIFA representatives have departed home this morning and the decision regarding the chosen venue to host the FIFA Congress 2017 will be made by FIFA by the end of this year.
FIFA announced in December 2013 that Malaysia have been chosen as the hosts of the 67th Congress in 2017.
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