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As a strong supporter of this popular walking event, organized by The New Straits Times Press, Sports Toto Malaysia contributed RM40,000 worth of sponsorship for this year's Biggie. The sponsorship consisted of Rm15,000 cash plus other sponsorship in kind including sports bags for winners, Toto T-shirts for participants and two event billboards.
More than 10,000 pariticipants, young and old, local and abroad demonstrated their walking skill in the Walk held on Sunday, 8 August 2004 at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. National Walker, Ms. Yuan Yu Fang took the Women National category title while En. Mohd Shahrul Haizi wont eh Men National category. A total of eleven categories of prizes were given away to participants.
Apart from teh walking competition, a fun-filled carnival was also held with activities such as stage performances by local singers, wall climbing, mountain bike demonstration and other fun games for young and old alike. Thousands of city folks, including walkers were captivated by the fun-filled carnival.
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