M'SIAN-BORN PNG FOOTBALL OFFICIAL GETS OBE AWARD FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Bernama) — Malaysian-born David Chung Kim Hiong, who

is president of the Papua New Guinea Football Association, has been awarded the

Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth for services to business and the

development and administration of soccer in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

He was among 13 OBE recipients announced by Governor-General Sir Michael

Ogio in the recent 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Chung, who turns 50 on Friday, had arrived in Papua New Guinea in 1985 as a

23-year-old on a business trip while working for a multi-national company

involved in logging, hotels, retail and wholesale trading. He subsequently

The football official stated he was humbled and felt honoured and proud as a

recipient of the award, according to The National, a Papua New Guinean daily.

“The OBE is a winner for football, for Papua New Guinea and the world,

especially whenever I chair or attend meetings around the world, and on name

lists and cards written representing OFC and Papua New Guinea,” he was quoted by

AWARD-OBE 2 (LAST) KUALA LUMPUR

Chung, who is also president of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC),

said the award had motivated him to work harder and thanked those who nominated

Although initially involved in the rugby league, he became a football

player, coach and referee and then a senior official with football in the

While administering football in the highlands region, he helped secure

outside funding as well as contribute personal finance towards the development

of the game, which won him presidency of the

Chung was first elected national soccer president in August 2004 and was

elected as OFC senior vice-president in 2007.

In January 2011, he was elected unopposed as president of OFC for a

The OFC credits him with launching Papua New Guinea’s first ever

semi-professional football competition in 2006, the Papua New Guinea National

Soccer League, as well as boosting grassroots football, supporting women’s

football and overseeing a series of infrastructure projects including a

national football academy and a regional technical centre.

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