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BBA Expect Major Changes After General Meeting
November 28th, 2016 | 10:11 AM | 1479 views
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
A huge wave of change is expected to take place in the local basketball scene following the shocking result at the Annual General Meeting of the Brunei Basketball Association yesterday as majority of the votes went to the younger generation.
An encouraging turnout of 53 members of the association took part in the voting to elect 30 shortlisted nominees to be elected as the office bearer of the association.
Before the start of the AGM, Lim Ting Guan, chairman of BBA, in his welcoming remark highlighted that the association had organised numerous activities and competitions in the past two years to promote the sport of basketball.
"Over the past three years, this council, as in previous years, has been making efforts to promote basketball.
"Basketball matches have been held one after another, and we also sent teams to compete in foreign countries on a number of occasions.
"These endeavours were enthusiastically supported by the local basketball fraternity.
"Thanks to the endless cooperation, all programmes were successfully implemented and completed," he said.
He said that the current term of the executive committee of the association was coming to an end, and thanked the members for their support, assistance and cooperation during the period.
"Not only that did I successfully carry out my task as president of the association, but I also learned more about basketball."
Following the voting, majority of the previous office bearers didn't get reelected.
Some of the new faces that were shortlisted were Ang Peng Chin, Ching. Kim Leng, Yap Chun Siong, Kevin Han, Wira Pori, Lim Fung, Lim Teck Cheng, Lim Boon Teck and Ang Han Then.
Lim Ting Guan and his brother Ting Chai were also among the shortlisted candidates.
The election for official office bearers is set to take place in the coming weeks.
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by BruDirect.com
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