| Badminton complex in broken-down state
KUBANG PASU: What was to have been a state-of-the-art facility to produce badminton players in the mould of the famous Sidek brothers is now in a broken-down state.
The building housing the "Tapak 1001 Gelanggang Rakyat" here is just a step away from caving in.
Two years ago, when the New Straits Times first highlighted its sorry state, there were hopes that the complex would be salvaged and that the programme to groom world-class players like Misbun, Razif, Jalani and Rashid Sidek could be revived.
"Not any more. The complex is now condemned," said Abdul Majid Mat Noor, the chairman of the Kampung Binjai village security and development committee.
"It is a waste of public funds considering it was set up to produce a pool of good badminton players for the country."
The facility was built at a cost of RM200,000 and it was opened by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mo- hamad 12 years ago.
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