'Together, we strove tirelessly to make it work. And work it did, for it remains the only World Cup that was DiTaja Oleh Rakyat Malaysia' - Veteran newsman Frankie D’Cruz. WorldCup 1982 KitaBoleh
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The 1982 World Cup was held in Spain, and as a senior sportswriter recalled, it paraded superstars like a young Diego Maradona , Paolo Rossi , Falcao , Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , Zico , Socrates and Michel Platini , among others. Frankie D’Cruz, a true blue newsman who has been in the industry for decades, was a reporter at The Malay Mail at the time.
“Together, we strove tirelessly to make it work. And work it did, for it remains the only World Cup that was DiTaja Oleh Rakyat Malaysia,” D’Cruz said. Among public figures who chipped in were the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the time, Sultan Ahmad Shah , Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy Tun Musa Hitam .
“The Hotline report was titled ‘ How About This?’ which triggered a revolution and what is now known as crowdfunding. “The paper published reports and names of donors daily to update the public. Within five days of launch, the PLTF pool swelled to RM66,116.45. That was enough for a match but Malay Mail ‘challenged’ its readers to take it up one notch,” D’Cruz said.
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