 He became president of the FAS for 21 years from 1961 to 1982.During his leadership, Selangor won 15 Malaysia Cups as well as doing a lot of positive changes to the association.The club was originally headquartered at the MCA building in Jalan Ampang long before the construction of Wisma FAS in 1973 at the Merdeka Stadium on the president own efforts (also Chief Minister of Selangor at the time) and club manager, Hamzah Abu Samah.