DG of National Sports Council of Malaysia advised athletes to be careful in Myanmar during SEA Games about the difficulty in obtaining halal and hygienic food

NSC to athletes: Don’t eat the ‘wrong’ stuff

by ashreena pillai

Be careful of what you eat. That is the message NSC director-general Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong has for the Malaysian contingent heading to the Myanmar SEA Games next month. – Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong has advised athletes to be careful of what they consume whilst competing at the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar next month.

There has been much speculation about the conditions and the difficulty in obtaining halal food at the three cities, Naypyitaw, Yangon and Pathein, which will host sporting events during the Games.

King Alaungphaya’s letter engraved on a gold sheet and adorned with 24 rubies, to King George II was ignored not deemed worthy of a reply

Source:The Telegraph,”Burmese letter to King George II deciphered after more than 250 years” By Victoria Ward

A letter made from pure gold that was sent to King George II from a Burmese king in 1756 has finally been deciphered by experts.

The letter, sent by King Alaungphaya, was an effusive and gushing appeal for camaraderie and trade with Britain. But although engraved on a gold sheet and adorned with 24 rubies, it was simply banished to a vault in the King’s home town of Hanover, Germany, and not deemed worthy of a reply.

 

The Golden Letter at the Leibniz library in Hanover