Breadfruit (malangkota.go.id) – Acting Mayor of Malang Dr. Ir. Wahyu Hidayat, MM welcomed and appreciated the 2024 Mobile Legends Development Competition (MDC) Tournament for Senior High School/Vocational High School level held at the Sarwakirti Hall of the PGRI Kanjuruhan University of Malang (Unikama), Saturday (11/5/2024).

According to him, the tournament, a collaboration between Tugujatim.id and Unikama, can be a competitive event for young e-sports enthusiasts to channel their talents. "In addition, this event is part of the development and efforts to stimulate the creative economy in Malang City. Therefore, we fully support the activity which is also part of the priority program of the Malang City Government," explained Wahyu.
Moreover, this event, which has been held for the third time, is also a moment to hone the abilities and improve the skills of young athletes in Malang City who are projected to appear in the 2025th Provincial Sports Week (Porprov) XNUMX. "We hope this will also be an event to see the abilities of Malang City's e-sport athletes and through this event it will be a stage to find e-sport athlete cadres," Wahyu hoped.
Meanwhile, Unikama Chancellor Dr. Sudi Dul Aji, M.Si expressed his pleasure that the 2024 MDC championship could be opened directly by the Acting Mayor of Malang. He said that this tournament is part of the development of activities at Unikama, especially for students of the informatics engineering study program.
"We hope that this activity can be a forum for Unikama students to organize events related to e-sports and also apply their knowledge," explained Sudi.
Similarly, CEO of Tugu Media Group, Irham Thoriq revealed that this activity is to accommodate young fans of Mobile Legends as well as to stimulate the creative economy in Malang City. This tournament was attended by 50 teams from 250 students, both high school and vocational school throughout East Java. (cah/yon)