Chung was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony at the Emiovi Football Academy in Bougainville last Friday.
“The setting up of a football academy and elite development programmes is the key for the future of football in Papua New Guinea and we have plans to build other academies, too.
“But we can only acquire more FIFA funding if the Goal Project-funded academy in Kimbe is 90 per cent complete,” Chung says.
The Kimbe project is currently undergoing phase one of its development and phase two would be paid for with a funding of K1 million by the provincial government.
FIFA Development Officer Glenn Turner is also pushing hard for the project to be completed as soon as possible.
Chung outlined what his academy vision looked like.
“If everything goes according to plan, the PNGFA will submit for funding to upgrade the main academy in Lae.
“We hope to push for an academy to be built in Port Moresby and install floodlights so national teams can train and play at night,” Chung says.
He says the cost of all the projects was K1.2 million.
“We need to evaluate and monitor players involved in our technical development programmes and use statistics and data to track their progress.
“This is an important aspect of elite development that the PNGFA is fully committed to,” Chung says.
The Bougainville Academy was built using K1.8 million from FIFA’s Less Privileged Member Association programme.
The Autonomous Region of Bouganville Government matched that total in a kina-for-kina arrangement.
Papua New Guinea’s next international match is a friendly with Singapore scheduled for Saturday 6 September.

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