Minister of Tourism Othman Azalina of Malaysia
Azalina is the Member of Parliament for Pengerang, Johor.
Azalina is also active in various social organisations.
Azalina said the centre would be used to train Malaysian national athletes and it would also facilitate sports technology transfer to Malaysia.
Yesterday morning, half the staff at the Ministry of Tourism's DG's office were in court to show support to their Boss who is being unfairly charged.
Alternatively, Azalina is also looking at the provisions in the Sports Development Act, 1997, to empower the Sports Advisory Panel to look into the fiasco.
Monday, April 2, 2001Azalina takes Puteri Umno job in her strideBeing the first head or Puteri Umno is no daunting for Azalina Othman.
At her office the next day at the Umno Civil Action Bureau in Kelana Jaya, Azalina was busy going through one interview after another.
Azalina said she would not actually be leading Puteri Umno but merely be its custodian for one year.
Azalina said she had the support of some state liaison chairmen as well as Youth and Wanita Umno leaders.
On the criteria to be Umno leaders, Azalina said that apart from being Malays, they have to be nationalistic.
Azalina said she would get the names of her pro tem committee members from the party headquarters and call for a meeting with them soon.
We will try to reach young women in the rural and urban areas, Azalina said after chairing the first Puteri Umno pro tem committee meeting at the Umno headquarters.
Azalina said since the movement's executive committee members were in Umno, they would have to, among others, undergo induction and spiritual upliftment courses on the party ideals and general elections.
Azalina said they would be making courtesy calls on Dr Mahathir, deputy president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as well as the Youth and Wanita wings' chiefs, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein and Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
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Noting the AFC's actions with a "heavy heart," Azalina said the presence of the newly-crowned English Premier League champions would be an important lure for visitors amid a major tourism drive.
Azalina said the government and the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) would do their best to promote the Asian Cup.
leadership and members were expected to support the status quo.
Azalina said what was important for the movement was to focus on strengthening the party to ensure victory in the coming general election as well as by-elections that could be held at any time.
However, one Wanita Umno exco member, when met after Rafidah’s press conference, said although Azalina was now automatically a Wanita member, she couldn’t claim to represent Wanita in the new cabinet because she was not a Wanita Umno exco member.
Earlier, Azalina had a brief discussion with some of the Iranian officials from its tourism ministry who were part of Teherans delegation to the summit.
According to The Star, the tabloids series of articles alleged that Azalina had bought a RM300,000 Mercedes car for her supposed lover.
Azalina has naturally denied these suggestions as total lies but has demurred from suing the tabloid and Khalid Jafri to date.
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Azalina said she was invited to the Press conference by members of a committee which organised a symposium in the university on the same day.
students are given the opportunity to study in another language.
apologise but the opposition leadership is a backward one.
At the same function, Azalina said programmes initiated by the government to bolster the country's image should not be politicised by any group.
Azalina was confident that Umnos future president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was not part of any faction.
On claims that she was one of Pak Lahs people, Azalina said she was loyal to the party president and not to an individual.
On the nominations she received to contest the Wanita Umno deputy chief post, Azalina said she was willing to go for the post if she had enough nominations.
Asked whether she was prepared to work with Wanita Umno chief Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Azalina said she could work with anyone.
Azalina said she was in discussions with Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also in charge of religious affairs, looking into strategies on how Malaysia can promote "religious tourism.
Given these costs, Ms Azalina is worried that some visitors may give Malaysia a miss if a similar event is staged in next-door Singapore.