GEORGETOWN, Jun 13 – The AIMS Asia conference was held at St Giles Wembley – Premier Hotel (Level 9, Wembley 10). The event was attended by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, YB Chow Kon Yeow, YB Denny Law, YB Chong Eng, YB Lim Siew Kim and YB Teh Lai Heng.
Penang is proud to have The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) to hold their inaugural AIMS Asia-Pacifics Conference from 12 to 13 June 2015 in St Giles Wembley – Premier Hotel, Penang, Malaysia. It was hosted by the Penang Bridge Half Marathon, this is the first AIMS Asia-Pacific Conference ever staged in the continent of Asia and Oceania.
Meanwhile, the inaugural “Penang Bridge Half Marathon” will be held in conjunction with the AIMS Conference on 14 June 2015 at the longest bridge in South East Asia, The Sultan Abdul Halim Muad’zam Shah Bridge which also known as Second Penang Bridge. A total of 9,000 runners will be participating in this run which is dedicated to the Half Marathon (21km) and Fun Run.
In the quest is to be an international and intelligent city that is clean, green, safe and healthy which is to hold a world class marathon is an integral aspect towards a livable city. The Penang State Government has also always been an aggressive advocate for healthy living.
“We have been successfully organising the Penang Bridge International Marathon which has received the Malaysia Book of Record for the “Largest Marathoning Malaysia” for 4 consecutive years since 2009. Besides that, the marathon also received 60,000 participants from all over the world for last year,” said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Besides that marathon, the Penang State Government also organise many other sports activities to cater to the growing demand of Sports Tourism. This is also in the line with the Penang’s vision of a “Healthy, Greener and Cleaner” state.
