Two goals to Karem Bulut and one from Kliment Taseski was enough to secure the points in a match which the Young Socceroos dominated for large passages of play.

Karem Bulut opened the scoring on the half hour when Nikola Stanojevic put a ball over the top to Kofi Danning on the edge of box. Danning then laid off to Bulut inside the box who made no mistake to beat the Hong Kong goalkeeper.

Four minutes later, Sam Gallagher played a long switching pass from one side of the field to other to Kofi Danning deep in attack.  Danning beat his defender, to again lay a neat pass to Bulut inside the six yard box who neatly finished to the right of the keeper.

Ten minutes into the second half, Ben Kantarovski brought down a Hong Kong player in the box to concede a penalty. Wong Wai converted the penalty to reduce his team's deficit to one goal.

The match was sealed in the 80th minute when Rhyan Grant flicked a pass to Kliment Taseski in the box who finished well to complete the scoring

After the match, Qantas Young Socceroos head coach Jan Versleijen was happy with result but not so happy with the his team's finishing in front of goal.

"We started well in the first 10-15 minutes and we put Hong Kong under a lot of pressure early", said Versleijen.

"It was only a matter of time when the goals would come. We would have been further ahead at half time if we had been more accurate in the final third of the field.

"In the second half we were too slow in playing the ball and this gave Hong Kong a chance.

"We shouldn't have allowed them an opportunity to score.

"The moment we scored to make it 3-1 the momentum was back in our favour, but again we didn't convert chances we should have.

"But overall I am happy with the start - the first game is not easy and it was pleasing to get the win."

In the other matches, Singapore defeated Indonesia 1-0 and Japan recorded a 4-0 win over Chinese Taipei.  The Young Socceroos will face Chinese Taipei in their next match of the tournament on Monday evening.

The top two teams from the AFC U-19 Championship 2010 qualifiers will progress to the AFC U19 Championship 2010 which will be held from November 1-16. 

The host nation for the tournament will be determined  later this month by the AFC competitions committee who are considering hosting bids from China, Thailand and Indonesia.

Qantas Young Socceroos line-up: Mark Birighitti (gk), Nikola Stanojevic, Dylan McGowan, Sam Gallagher, Rhyan Grant, Ben Kantarovski (c), Kofi Danning, Steve Lustica, Tom Oar (James Virgili 75'), Kliment Taseski (Jared Lum 85'), Karem Bulut (Eli Babalj 70')

Substitutes Not Used: Daniel Bowles, Chris Bush, Jason Davidson, Petar Franjic, Robbie Kolak (gk), Josh McVey, Dimitrios Petratos, Lawrence Thomas (gk), James Virgili