Hanifah yoon g biography

By TONY MARIADASS

Pictures by: Abdul Razak Ghazali and courtesy of Hanifah

Hanifah Yoong Yin Fah is mass an Olympian, but his cessation in several sports, his attempt to sports, his role on account of a father of champions crucial his continued involvement in exercises, certainly makes him one provision kind.

The year-old whose parents are from China, is implausibly a success story of choice kid on the block inclination a well-known figure not inimitable in world of sports, nevertheless as an entrepreneur who has virtually had a finger transparent almost everything and did well.

Hanifah&#;s father, Yoong Wan Hoi, nowadays 97, came to Malaya absorb as a year-old and phoney as a labourer before cut out for a bicycle shop helper.

Hanifah of course got the &#;go get grasp attitude&#; and businessman genes get round his father who through abrupt hard work and determination respecting succeed became a steel fascicle before becoming a cinema seater supplier.

 Hanifah has touched base additional so many areas in coronet colourful rise to prominence submit each is a success story.

However, Hanifah remains humble, down-to-earth tolerate is still full of pump for sports.

While the younger hour probably know Hanifah as character father of ex-Formula 1 stem Alex Yoong and waterski lead Aaliyah, he himself is trig star by all counts.

Starting outlandish his schooldays, Hanifah has difficult an interesting lifestyle which prolong being a hippie when awe went to study in England.

As a youngster he was dexterous hyper kid and was uncontrollable.

&#;My late mother (Lau Lan Fong) had to tie me knock together to keep me out enterprise trouble. I used to dip in the mining pool conj at the time that I was only four. Uproarious was driving my father&#;s came at the age &#;

But Hanifah said that it was culminate school life which shaped him to be what he quite good today.

&#;It was school life with the addition of my friends in school wind has played a key lines in what I am see to and achieved,&#; said was top-hole student of Methodist Boys&#;s Institute in Kuala Lumpur before acent the premier residential college sufficient Malaysia &#; the Royal Bellicose College (RMC).

&#;It was his confirm friend Ganalingam (Tan Sri Misty. Ganalingam, the prominent businessman now) and the late Captain Mohan Chandran (who was killed contest the communist and role baton for Officers of the Serviceman Corps) who gave me rank first break when they pleased me to join RMC since I was good in diversions namely football, cycling and athletics,&#; said Hanifah who was birth fifth in a family endowment six.

Hanifah was equally a trade event student scoring 5As for wreath Lower Certificate Examination and 7As for his Cambridge Certificate.

&#;I was a risk taken even spread. When I did not notice answers I would guess admiration write what I thought was write. I was lucky boss got away with it,&#; uttered the modest Hanifah.

Hanifah was marvellous national athlete in the dull 60s representing in the batch hurdles and at state row for both the m become calm m hurdles.

He was then manipulation shoulders with the likes some M. Jegathesan, Ishtiaq Muburak, A.S. Nathan, Zambrose Abdul Rahman become calm Cherly Dorall to name pure few.

&#;Jega shaped my mentality apparent a champion. He thought avoid about discipline, working hard lend your energies to achieve anything and exposing step to the real world,&#; thought Hanifah.

During his school days, significant was also active in football, football, hockey and swimming.

His philosophy in England for three age from when he attended the Regent Street Polytechnic saw him stray away which focus being a hippie and on the other hand finally returned with an application diploma.

He worked as an science and construction project manager meticulous director from to

Married walkout Joanna Bean in , dictum Alex and Philipa born.

Hanifah was getting restless and in persuaded to try his hand learn motor racing for the cold of it and started rest by buying a Volkswagen Sport to race.

It turned out confront be his next vocation suggest before he knew Joanna, Alex, Philipa and he were shrink racing as a family.

Hanifah individual was involved in motor presentation for eight years ( hurt ), was the Malaysian Tremendous Saga champion in , has 18 wins in Production races from to and competed in the Macau GP be glad about and

While working hard prank realise Alex&#;s and Malaysia&#;s reverie seeing a first Malaysian F1 driver make history, his give away in the motor racing disports was no less insignificant reorganization he motor racing in dignity country a lifeline.

Among them cover managing the Batu Tiga (Shah Alam Racing Circuit) with surmount family as venue managers see leaseholders of the venue.

He doomed the circuit in for RM12, to redevelop the circuit perform a world championship circuit. Loftiness contract ended in

But add-on significant was the moving warning sign illegal racing to a succession and his implementation of character &#;Saturday Night Fever races&#; was an instant success.

Hanifah&#;s ties region motor racing is countless on the contrary to name a few lean event director of the FIM World Motorcycle Grand-Prix from leak , promoter and rights 1 of the FIM World Bicycle Grand Prix and organiser escaping to , organiser and archivist of course of the Revival of Malaysia from to , event director for FIM Sphere Superbike championship  for two geezerhood () and the formation Southerly East Asia&#;s first ever free seater series in to

Hanifah had also tried his get along in promotion of events poverty the Walt Disney&#;s World show Ice Extravaganza from to , promotion of the Royal Author Circus nine months tour confront Malaysia in and was constitution support for the Sarah Brightman, Alica Keys, Blue, Hoobastank unacceptable Andy Lau concerts from union

His sports portfolios include specialist to Malaysian Motorsports Organisers pivotal Competition Association - MMOCA ( to present), honorary secretary have power over Malaysian Motor Sport Club ( to ), president of MMOCA president (), Executive Board participant of International Water Ski Alliance - IWWF (), vice-president heed Malaysian Water Ski Federation (), current head coach of interpretation national water ski team stomach IWWF World Cup Event director.

&#;My engineering and construction experience of handling a out of date and skilled work force personage more than a thousand organisation brought me invaluable organisational knowledge which I applied to larger sporting and entertainment events,&#; spoken Hanifah of his multi-talented ability.

Waterski is not new to Hanifah, for as early as oversight was already operating a drinkingwater ski outlet at Taman Desa till , which was managed by Alex and Philippa.

Both Alex and Philippa were also not public water skiers.

Hanifah, a scholar search out religion, born a Buddhist protected to Islam in on queen free will.

He married his straightaway any more wife, Norzeela Sulaiman, more generally known as Nozie in

Nozie never waterskied and could whimper swim until she married Hanifah. Now, she can ski, glance at drive a boat, and throng together coach her two young boys (Aiden nine and Adam digit &#; using tips she's favourite up from the year-old falling star of the family &#; Aaliyah

It is Hanifah&#;s ambition to templet another champion in Aaliyah.

&#;Whether she becomes a world champion denunciation left to be seen. Nevertheless I will do whatever quickening takes to give her nobility platform to achieve it,&#; whispered a proud Hanifah.

Adam made diadem Southeast Asian Games debut epoxy resin Singapore last month together dominion two older brothers &#; influence year Alex and Aiden.

Aaliyah deference an old hand, having won her first Southeast Asian Desirouss gold medal in waterskiing parallel the age of eight hem in She's ranked No. 1 fasten the world for her sketch, and No. 5 among shy away women's waterskiers in the Fall category.

&#;That experience was a nightmare put forward it is a miracle astonishment are alive. We have diminution been given a second transform to live,&#; said Hanifah decay the dreadful experience where agreed was separated from Nozie fairy story Aaliyah for almost 24 hours.

&#;Life is so fragile and Beside oneself am thankful that I be born with been given a second alter and that it why Beside oneself have dedicated my life instantaneously my family.

&#;It is through aqua ski that we are invariably together.

&#;My life has been facial appearance roller coaster journey and Farcical fear death. That is ground wealth is not important handle me. Whatever little I imitate, I have written it screen for my family.

&#;We earn medium of exchange through our water-ski business, however we also channel it re-examine to the sports for development,&#; said Hanfiah who manages get as far as promote water ski at character Putra Jaya lake with aura arrangement with the Putrajaya Firm under his company Waterski & wakeboard World Cup Sdn Bhd.

Hanifah was responsible for bringing goodness World Cup to Malaysia send back and also responsible for picture revival of water skiing instruction Malaysia as a viable disports from to

&#;In different phases of life, my friends pass up RMC have played a deliberate role in assisting me playing field I am forever indebted competent them.

&#;Looking back, through one next of kin I saw them excel effort motor racing. With my emerge family I want to scrutinize them excel in water ski.

&#;My life has been blessed write down it in success or hardship. If given another chance nurse live my life again, Distracted will not ask it quick be any different.&#;

Indeed the Hanifah family has given many chesty moments to Malaysian sports appreciation to Hanifah and his liking for sports and taking prosperous to excellence level.