Flame on for digital age

Nation’s best: Malaysian athletes singing the Negaraku during the flag-raising ceremony at the Clark Sports Village yesterday. — Bernama

THE big day is here. The months of preparations, the training and the competitions all come to a head when the 30th SEA Games begins in earnest in the Philippines with the opening ceremony today.

Already, there have been hiccups, both for the arriving teams and for the organisers. The opening ceremony itself will be one of a kind as it is being held at the world’s largest indoor stadium with the cauldron being lit 150km away through “digital means”.