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MONSOON CUP MALAYSIA |
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Monsoon Cup
Malaysia 2008 |
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(part of the World
Match Racing Tour - International Sailing Event) |
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Above :
Melvin, accompanying and explaining through the Finals Race,
to Prime Minister YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi
and wife YABhg Datin Seri Jeanne, in the Perdana Suite |
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Above (in red circle) &
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Melvin, hosting the Official Opening Ceremony, in the
presence of His Majesty Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and Her
Majesty Raja Permaisuri Agong (seated centre) |
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Above : Melvin
providing some on-ground commentaries during the Races |
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Above : Melvin
hosting the Monsoon Cup Private Soiree |
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Above : Melvin
taking some time-out as the 6th man on board World Champion
Ian William's boat during one of the races |
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Monsoon Cup
2007 (part of the World
Match Racing Tour - International Sailing Event) |
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Above : Melvin (right, red collared blue shirt)
giving the countdown to Prime Minister YAB Dato' Seri
Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi (2nd from left, yellow collared
blue shirt), to hit the Gong to mark the start of the Finals
of the Monsoon Cup 2007 |
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Above : Melvin (top left, in red circle, blue shirt)
hosting the Prize Giving & Closing Ceremony of the Monsoon
Cup 2007 |
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Above : Melvin hosting the high profiled Commodores'
Luncheon at the Monsoon Cup 2007, speaking with panelists
(from left) David Kellett, Vice President of the
International Sailing Federation; YBhg Dato' Wan Hisham Wan
Salleh, Chairman T-Best Events; and Scott Macleod, President
World Match Racing Tour |
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Above : Melvin, at a Post-Race Press Conference,
looked on by the Scott Macleod, President of the World Match
Racing Tour; and Shane Borrell, Chief Umpire of the Monsoon
Cup 2007 |
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Above : Melvin providing live commentaries of the
Monsoon Cup races to the thousands of Ground Spectators at
the Venue, in English and Bahasa Malaysia |
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Above : Melvin, interacting with members of the
Public during the Monsoon Cup 2007, along with local
celebrities Zaibo & Maznah Zolkifli |
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Above : Melvin chatting with the Crown Prince of
Kelantan, YAM Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra (right), looked on
by then Terengganu Chief Minister, YAB Dato' Seri Idris
Jusoh, during the Inaugural Coronation Cup Dinner (the
Coronation Cup is the curtain raiser to the Monsoon Cup
2007) |
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Above : Melvin, taking some time-out, to go sailing
with the AirAsia Team during the Coronation Cup - Monsoon
Cup 2007 |
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Left :
Melvin having a chat with the Malaysian Match Racing
Champion, Sailor and Skipper Tiffany Koo Right :
Melvin with Ian Williams, the Monsoon Cup & World Match
Racing Tour Champion of 2007 |
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Monsoon Cup
2006 (part of the World
Match Racing Tour - International Sailing Event) |
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Above : Melvin (in red circle, partly covered by
green plant) as the Host during the Opening Ceremony of the Monsoon Cup 2006
with HRH Sultan & HRH Sultanah of Terengganu (currently the
Yang Di-Pertuan Agong & Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia), along
with the Chief Minister of Terengganu, officiating the event |
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Above : Melvin hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Monsoon Cup 2006 |
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Above : Melvin providing ground commentaries from the International
Broadcast Centre during the Race |
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Above :
Melvin conducting the "Red Carpet" of the Monsoon Cup PRIDE
Charity Gala Dinner, chatting with National Laureate, Datuk
A. Samad Said |
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Above :
Melvin conducting the "Red Carpet" of the Monsoon Cup PRIDE
Charity Gala Dinner, chatting with CEO of Air Asia, Dato'
Tony Fernandes |
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Above : Melvin chatting with other guests during the
"Red Carpet" of the Monsoon Cup PRIDE Charity Gala Dinner -
Dato' Richard Curtis, Group MD of Cahya Mata Sarawak and
Commodore of Royal Selangor Yacht Club (left) and Mr R.A.
Ramesh of The PEAK (right) |
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From left : Adeline Choo (Ms Malaysia/World 2006/07),
Dato' Seri Jean Todt (Ferrari F1 Boss), Dato' Michelle Yeoh
(International Actress) and Melvin, at the Post-Dinner
Private Party of the Monsoon Cup PRIDE Charity Gala Dinner,
on board the "Asean Lady" - a luxury superyacht that was berthed at the
Heritage Bay Club in Pulau Duyong Terengganu in conjunction
with the Monsoon Cup 2006 |
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Above
& Below : Melvin hosting the prestigious Commodores' Luncheon, with
guests from the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and
Industry Captains looking on |
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Above : Melvin bantering with Tom Ehman of BMW Oracle Racing Team
during the Commodores' Luncheon |
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Above : Melvin (in red circle) hosting the Prize
Giving and Closing Ceremony of the Monsoon Cup 2006,
officiated by the Prime Minister (in light blue Batik,
bottom left of the red circle) |
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Monsoon Cup
2005 (part of the
Swedish Match Tour - International Sailing Event) |
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Melvin and Yasmin Yusuff, as Emcees of the Inaugural Monsoon
Cup 2005 Charity Gala Dinner |
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Melvin interviewing PJ Montgomery (world renowned Sailing
Commentator, "Voice of the America's Cup") during the
Inaugural Monsoon Cup 2005 Charity Gala Dinner |
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Melvin (in red circle) providing commentary during the
Finals of the Inaugural Monsoon Cup 2005, with guests,
including the Prime Minister (seated 1st row, middle, in
blue), watching the race. |
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Melvin with Dato' Mokhzani Mahathir (Chairman of Sepang
International Circuit) and Monsieur Jean Todt (Ferrari F1
Boss, now "Dato' Seri Jean Todt") |
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Melvin with Scott MacLeod, President of the Swedish Match
Tour (now known as the World Match Racing Tour) |
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Melvin with world-renowned sailor and world match-racing
champion Peter Gilmour (now Dato' Peter Gilmour), on the day
of the latter's crowning as Champion of the Inaugural
Monsoon Cup 2005 |
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