And to represent Hong Kong at the Olympics and Asian Games, you'd need 7 and 5 years' residence respectively. Which on the face of it sounds the equivalent of what Australia, Canada or the USA require. Laudably patriotic, but not exactly the most enlightened way of encouraging elite athletics and improving our chances of getting medals once Winnie Ng finally hangs up her shoes. I told this to Dr Uhlenbruck, the German doctor who went into muscle research relating to endurance and the capillary factor. Well, the race results are finally out, and it appears he finished the race in no time at all.
Problem is, that's what all the other finishers recorded.
So we'll never know. February's King of the Road and Track Relay results have also at last been released, as have the March Golden Mile results. Executives have said there is no question the Games could be moved elsewhere at this point. Athens has come a long way since the IOC threatened to move the Games a year ago and the Committee says Greece is finally on the right track. But it cautions that time is pressing and Athens must strictly adhere to a new timetable, which has all construction completed by February 2004.