Al-Sabah renamed OCA president

Al-Sabah renamed OCA president

KUWAIT CITY (Xinhua): Kuwait Olympic Committee Chairman Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Sabah was elected on Tuesday evening president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for the third consecutive term.

During the 18th session of the AOC general assembly concluding Tuesday, Baba San Min from Hong Kong, China was elected as OCA's vice president for East Asia, Indonesia's Mohammad "Bob" Hasan was elected as vice president for Southeast Asia, Latif Batt from Pakistan for South Central Asia and Samih Mudalal from Syria for West Asia.

Chairmen and members of AOC's seven subcommittees were also elected during the two-day session.

The assembly recommended, after length discussions, the addition of kabadi, squash and karate to the 27 games in the agenda for the next Asian Games slated for Pusan, South Korea, in 2002.