Saturday
November 28-2015.
PICTURE
SHOW…….Daniel廖伟雄
(seated middle) with members of the Sandakan Yacht Club General Committee
(Balut- sejenis aktiviti rekreasi melibat
pemain menggunakan dadu)
BY
AZMIE AZMAN
SANDAKAN: The Chivas Regal 35th STC Interport
Balut Championship 2015 which a prestigious Balut event in the Asia Pacific
region will take place here on Saturday.
The event
which is being organized by Sandakan Yacht Club (SYC) for the first time in
Sandakan and also the east coast of Sabah, will see the participation of a
total of 104 players from Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore.
According
to SYC Commodore Daniel Liaw廖伟, Sandakan Yacht Club (SYC) won
their bid to host the event during the championship in Singapore last year.
This Interport Balut is one of the most prestigious Balut competitions in this
region.
“The
competition venue is Four Points by Sheraton Sandakan on 28 Nov with the
welcoming and closing dinners at Sandakan Yacht Club on Nov 27 and 28
respectively,” Daniel廖伟雄 said.
will
attend the welcoming dinner while State Assistant Tourism, Culture and
Environment Minister Datuk Pang Yuk Ming is the guest of honour for the closing
ceremony, he廖伟雄 added.
Also
present were Vice Commodore Richard Lim 林紫靈, Rear
Commodore James Leong 梁駿健, Honorary Secretary Fred Wong王惠堅,
Honorary Treasurer Jeremy Chan陈在仁, committee members Paul Wong王和仁, Chin
Nam Hong陈南雄, Norman Sim沈伟聰
and Melissa Eng翁世敏.
Balut is
a game of dice created by an American soldier stationed in the Philippines and
is a popular pastime of Danish businessmen overseas.
There is
also a different version of Balut played in Members’ Clubs in Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand and the Philippines which follow a set of rules established in 1978 at
Singapore Town Club.
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