Cho Takes Table Tennis Body Leadership
By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho said he will do his utmost to help strengthen the Korean table tennis team's competitiveness at a ceremony inaugurating his chairmanship of the Korea Table Tennis Association, Monday.
Cho said he would bring about harmony among association members and cultivate young players' talent.
He will take the helm of the association until the end of 2012.
At the ceremony, Cho said he would try to revive the glory of Korean table tennis.
``I'll make efforts to establish systematic and scientific training programs. I'll also pay attention to sports science and medicine. Picking out talented young players is important, so I'll monitor how advanced nations select and train players,'' he said.
Regarding recent factional disputes among association members, Cho said he would manage the association transparently and set up a system where members can share duties equally. ``I'll play a role like the conductor of an orchestra.''
After the ceremony, Cho visited the Taereung athletes' village to cheer national athletes undergoing training for the Beijing Olympics, and also donated 100 million won to the team.
Hanjin manages a women's table tennis team.