{"id":30523,"date":"2024-08-25T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T04:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=30523"},"modified":"2024-08-25T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T04:31:03","slug":"thousands-join-jom-malaysia-china-run-in-kk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/08\/25\/thousands-join-jom-malaysia-china-run-in-kk\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands join Jom Malaysia-China Run in KK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: More than 5,000 people packed into Hockey Stadium at the LIkas Sports Complex here today to participate in the Jom Malaysia-China Run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of friendship and diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The run was flagged off by Sabah&#8217;s Minister of Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship, Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his speech, Phoong, representing the Chief Minister of Sabah, said that such running events are becoming increasingly popular and are well-received by the public, especially in Kota Kinabalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that this is a positive sign, particularly in celebrating the 50 years of friendship and diplomatic ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoong said that more people are embracing sports as a regular part of life, especially after the recent attention from the Olympics and the Malaysia Games (Sukma) on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He encouraged the public to adopt sports activities for a healthier and more positive lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also expressed gratitude to the Malaysia-China Friendship Association of Sabah for their commitment and success in organising the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Dr. Oh Ei Sun, president of the association, said that various events will be held this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations, including the Jom Malaysia-China Run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that a similar run took place in Guangdong in April, and plans are underway for an event in Shanghai next October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh emphasised that the run aims to strengthen friendships between private sectors in both Malaysia and China, particularly in Sabah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: More than 5,000 people packed into Hockey Stadium at the LIkas Sports Complex here today to participate in the Jom Malaysia-China Run. The event was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of friendship and diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China. The run was flagged off by Sabah&#8217;s Minister of Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30525,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30523\/revisions\/30525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}