Oceania Football Confederation elects new President

Oceania Football Confederation elects new President

2011-01-17 14:33:28 GMT+7 (ICT)

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (BNO NEWS) -- The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) on Sunday announced that Papua New Guinea's David Chung, who has been Acting President since November last year, has been elected unopposed to officially become OFC President for the next four years.

"I thank you for entrusting me with the position of OFC President for the next four years," said the Malaysia-born Chung. "I am truly humbled. You can be rest assured that I will do everything possible to promote unity, solidarity and transparency.

With his election as President, David Chung also becomes FIFA Vice President with immediate effect. He will be officially presented to the Congress of FIFA on the 1st of June.

In the presence of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, the OFC Executive was also elected with representatives from Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu all earning their place on the committee.

In addition, Blatter confirmed a special bonus of $2.5 million to add to the $5 million that the Confederation was projected to receive from FIFA during 2011. He also explained that the bonus is on top of a previous one given to each Member Association of $300,000.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-01-17