Deputy Youth and Sports minister Datuk Razali Ibrahim said apart from the RM5,000 to be awarded, players would also receive incentives from the fund collected by SAM that is said to have reached RM90,000.
"The funds collected by SAM will be given to players directly and I feel the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) will also give them incentives for the win," he told reporters after launching the Semarak 1Belia 1Malaysia Carnival at the Youth and Sports Complex in Kampung Pandan here today.
Speaking of claims that the use of "Harimau Malaya" to refer to the national team, had been questioned by some, Razali said the matter would be studied.
"We will take into consideration, the views expressed by some because the "Harimau Malaya" slogan had been used for a long time and has a history to it," he said.
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Youths in Sabah had expressed concern with the use of "Harimau Malaya" since it did not include Sabah and Sarawak.
We do not want anyone to turn the issue into a political issue that may become sensitive, he said.
The incentives were for the national team that beat Indonesia 4-2 on aggregate to win the AFF Suzuki Cup for the first time in 14 years.
Meanwhile, Razali said the ministry was confident of gathering one million youths from all over the country for the National Youth Day celebrations on May 15, at Putrajaya.
"Last year we managed to gather 250,000 youths for the three-day celebrations and it will not be impossible to gather the targetted number this year," he said.
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