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Love Games end at Stadium of Trysts




The religious authorities emerged winners when the Love Games at Terengganu's
disused Sultan Mizan Stadium ended recently.

THE Love Games at Terengganu's Sultan Mizan Stadium have ended.

Among the main events that took place at the "contact sports" extravaganza were
smooching, hugging and groping.

And a record was also created - the most number of cars and motorcycles parked
at a stadium that is in ruins.

The "closing ceremony" of the games at the RM300mil stadium in Gong Badak was
performed by the state's religious authorities.

You won't get any medals for guessing who were the winners at the end of the day
(or is that night?), but yes, it was the religious authorities themselves.

They emerged victors with their diligence and smart thinking to outdo their
rivals - the numerous lovebirds who used to throng the stadium site for late
night trysts.

The spanking new stadium was closed indefinitely after its roof collapsed on
June 2. Except for the occasional track events, the once brightly lit stadium
was for all intents and purposes deemed unusable.

But many young couples had other ideas. They decided that the stadium premises
were an excellent venue for other kinds of physical activities.

This was until the religious authorities got wind of their actions and were in
no mood to be a good sport. Thus, they ended the armorous couples' liaisons
abruptly recently.

The authorities smelled a rat when too many cars and motorcycles were seen
entering the stadium during the night and decided to check up on the sudden
influx of traffic there.

To their surprise, they found several couples in compromising positions.

State Religious and Information Committee chairman Khazan Che Mat said on Sunday
that a dozen couples were caught for close proximity at the site during
follow-up operations.

He said the couples had thought they could evade the enforcement officers from
the State Religious Department but the officers outsmarted them.

He said officers found it unusual that the popular Teluk Ketapang beachfront,
where many a couple had been nabbed previously, had suddenly become deserted.

This, he said, tipped them off that the couples had found an alternative site to
evade the authorities.

Khazan said religious enforcement officers had been directed to intensify
surveillance at abandoned sites following this latest development.

With such dogged determination by the authorities, it seems unlikely that such
events will be held at the stadium again anytime soon.

Published Nov 15, 2009


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