World champions Aaron-Wooi Yik receive RM100,000 incentive from Southern Score

Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia (left) and Soh Wooi Yik (right) received a mock check for RM100,000 as incentive for winning the World Championships from Southern Score executive director and chief executive officer Gan Yee Hin (centre).

Southern Score Builders Berhad has presented an incentive of RM100,000 to Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik who won Malaysia’s first gold at the 2022 World Badminton Championships in Tokyo last month.

Aaron and Wooi Yik received the mock cheques from Southern Score executive director and chief executive officer Gan Yee Hin at a ceremony honouring their outstanding achievements on September 24, 2022.

“We are here to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Aaron and Wooi Yik by presenting a token of appreciation for winning the world title for Malaysia.

“We hope this little token of our gratitude will further motivate them for greater achievements and bring glory to the country in the world arena.

“And we also hope that our gesture incentive will inspire others to assist a new generation of players who have the courage to pursue the sport as their career,” said Gan.

Gan also announced a contribution of RM200,000 to Petaling Badminton Club, the club from which world champions Aaron and Wooi Yik were nurtured before they joined the national team. 

“We hope that the contribution provides some support as they nurture talents to represent the country. PBC has had a history of producing several of the country’s well-known players such as Chen Tang Jie, Cheam June Wei, Man Wei Chong and Goh V Shem,” he said.

Aaron and Wooi Yik thanked Southern Score and all Malaysians for their full support, and said, “This incentive means a lot to us and motivates us as we prepare ourselves mentally and physically to win more accolades for Malaysia on the world stage, including our goal of making it to the 2024 Olympic Games.”

Southern Score is a certified CIDB-Grade 7 builder. The construction management services company is often closely tied into the local community and remains active in community involvement programmes such as education, sport, environment and society.