AFC promotes plan for Asian soccer

AFC promotes plan for Asian soccer

JAKARTA: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials were
in Jakarta on Wednesday to promote its "Asian Vision", a soccer
drive to lift the soccer standards of Asian countries.

"The campaign incorporates 10 key elements to ensure that we
can develop with the results expected within the following 10 or
15 years," AFC President Mohammed bin Hammam said in a media
conference after a presentation before the Indonesian Soccer
Association (PSSI) executive board and its provincial chapters
here.

Hammam, who was accompanied by secretary-general Dato Peter
Velappan, said he would encourage the national soccer
associations in Asia to improve their organizational performance
by recruiting professional staff.

AFC groups 45 countries, which will be divided into four zones
to enable easy coordination. --JP