Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 31, 2024: While the Olympic Solidarity/Olympic Council of Asia Regional Forum will spend most of the time looking forward, there will be a great deal of nostalgia in Kuala Lumpur this weekend.
The Olympic Council of Malaysia will use the grand platform of the regional forum welcome reception on Saturday, June 1 to present an historic framed photograph to the OCA for inclusion in the Asian Games Museum.
The photo is from Malaysia’s first appearance in the Asian Games, competing as the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council (FMOC), in the second Asiad in Manila in 1954.
The hosting of the regional forum this weekend comes 70 years after this historic occasion for the Olympic Movement, so the presentation of the photograph to the OCA will be a timely celebration.
With the formation of Malaysia, the FMOC changed its name to the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) at its EGM held on May 5, 1964.
The evening reception will also feature addresses by OCM President Dr. Norza Zakaria and OCA Deputy Director General Vinod Kumar Tiwari, followed by the photograph presentation and cultural and traditional performance.
The first of two OS/OCA Regional Forums will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur on June 1-2, Saturday and Sunday, for National Olympic Committees from the East Asia and South East Asia region. Over 100 delegates are expected to take part from the NOCs, OCA and IOC.
The two-day agenda includes progress reports on the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand this November and the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China next February, as well as plans and preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer.
The OS/OCA Regional Forum will then move on to Manama, Bahrain for the second leg, to be held from June 5-6 for NOCs from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia.