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First proposed in 1974 by the then Minister of Sports, Hamzah Abu Samah. The main role of the Hall of Fame is to dipict the highlights of the progress of Sports in Malaysia.
Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong was born in 1937. He was a former Malacca MCA leader and state executive council member. As an athlete, he won the Mr. Universe, Mr. Asia, Mr. Malaysia & Mr. Melaka titles. He won the Mr. Asia title in 1956 at Jakarta and Honorary Mr. Universe title in 2000.
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The late M.C. Kailasapathy was born in Malacca in a family of Cricketers. Three of his brothers played cricket for the state of Malacca. He first represented Malaya in 1947. Known primaly for his vicious leg spin, he designed the use of the googly.
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Mr. Ng Joo Poong and Mr. Hector are the last two surviving members of the seven men cycling team that won gold medals in the 1,600m Team Time Trial and the 4,000m Team Pursuit at the Asian Cyling Championships held at Merdeka Stadium on 7th June 1963. They were the first Malaysian Track Cycling team to win gold medasl when they were only 16 years old schoolboys.
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Mr. Omar Bin Saad was born on October 1949 and was a member of the National Cycling Team that competed in the individual Road Race and 100km Team Time Trial events at the 1972 Olympic Games Munich.
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Mr. S. Rajalingam was born on 13th September 1929. He started playing cricket when he studied at Anderson School Ipoh and was the team captain form 1947 to 1950. In 1949, he represented Perak in cricket untill 1951 and Selangor from 1952 to 1969.
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Beng Heng was born on 25th July 1974 and was a member of Malaysian National Team from 1996 to 2006. He contributed a gold medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur in the Men’s Double event with Kenny Ang.
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Mr. Chung Kam Weng was born in 1934 and represented Malaya in Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Cardiff, Wales, where he won a silver medal in the 60 Kg category.
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Josephine Mary was born on 29th June 1967 and is a former National 400m and 800m athlete who won 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at SEA Games. She also won 2 bronze medals at the Asian Games and 1 silver and a bronze medal in the Asian Track and Field Championships.
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Kenny Ang was born on 3rd October 1953 and was a member of Malaysian National Bowling Team from 1986 until 2001. He was the National Champion for the year 1987, 1996 and 1999. He is one of the team member that won a gold medal for the team event at the 15th SEA Games 1989 held in Kuala Lumpur.
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