PARIS (Reuters) -Hollywood's top gun Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of the Stade de France into the Paris Games closing ceremony on Sunday before speeding off with the Olympic flag in a dramatic handover that began the countdown to the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
Heart of the nation: A cleaner wiping a wall featuring the Rukun Negara at Merdeka MRT Station in Kuala Lumpur. — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star
Although this is less known, Kamarudin Ibrahim, now 74, remains proud of being honoured with the task in front of the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, the second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein and thousands of Malaysians.Recalling the events, the Perak native from Batu Kurau said he was in a lecture hall when an administrative officer informed him that someone wanted to see him.
“I was quite shocked, especially since I had no prior experience in public speaking,” he said in a recent programme aired by RTM, Bernama reported. “I was also instructed on how to maintain my posture and was advised to focus straight ahead while reciting the pledge.”
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