RM104mil Batu Kawan state stadium a white elephant


Time capsule: Motorcyclists riding past the 2000 Sukma board featuring the mascots of that event near the entrance of the stadium in Batu Kawan.

NIBONG TEBAL: A billboard with the two official 2000 Sukma mascots, Bang Bayan and Chombee, is still perched on a lamppost outside the State Stadium in Batu Kawan. But nothing really happens inside it.

Although the RM104mil stadium was built 18 years ago with a capacity for 40,000 spectators, there’s no roar of football fans nor cheering crowd as it has become a white elephant since the 8th Sukma Games.

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