Govt develops programmes to produce good athletes

International standard: Zulkurnain (second from left) with the Phillipines handball contingent after officiating at the International Handball Tournament 2014 at the EduCity Indoor Stadium in Nusajaya.

NUSAJAYA: The state government has developed various programmes under the state’s Youth and Sports portfolio to encourage sports activities as well as to produce quality athletes among the public.

Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin said that in order to produce quality athletes of international standard, everyone should be involved and play a positive role.