The Sharp I Love Shah Alam Fun Run was launched and officiated today by Selangor State Exco for Youth and Sports Development and Human Capital Development, YB Tuan Mohd Khairuddin. The run is due to take place on Sunday, April 21 from 7am to 12pm and it will be held in Section 27 Shah Alam. It includes a 3km and 6km distances for men and women in various categories. Since the soft launch in March 15, more than 3,600 runners have signed up for the event, surpassing the targeted 3,000 people.
Sharp’s Deputy Managing Director Ting Yang Chung said that the event is organised as a corporate social responsibility initiative to engage and strengthen Sharp’s relationship with the local community in Shah Alam.
“The Sharp I Love Shah Alam Fun Run 2019 activity is a good example of private sector’s support of government initiatives like Smart Selangor. Smart Selangor aims to be dynamic, economically vibrant, culturally rich, and caring smart state, enabled by smart infrastructure, services, systems, systems and people to strengthen Selangor’s position as premier state in ASEAN by 2025,” said YB Tuan Mohd Khairuddin Othman.
“Events such as this will certainly help to engage relationships and understanding among the communities – both residential and commercial – in the Section 27 area specifically and in the City of Shah Alam, generally. It will also promote and encourage healthy lifestyle and family bonding through the fun running activities,” he added.
Groups that join the run can wear matching or fun attires to add enjoyment to the run. The best dressed runners will stand a chance to win Sharp shopping vouchers. There is also a special immersive audio-visual tunnel and mist-tunnel adventure at the event. A free shuttle bus will be serviced between One City car park and Sharp from 5.30am to 6.50am and 11am to 1pm.
Each participant will be given a T-shirt, finisher medal, running bib, group insurance, drawstring goodie bags and light refreshments. Lucky Draw prizes comprising Sharp products with total value of up to RM50,000 are up for grabs in the Sharp I Love Shah Alam Fun Run that will be the start of Sharp promotional activities in a series of campaigns leading up to the Hari Raya festive season.
