Edmund Ho
The closing ceremony was attended by at least 30 heads of state and dozens of other dignitaries. Notable faces included United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan, Chinese president Hu Jintao, British prime minister Gordon Brown, Princess Anne, Finland prime minister Matti Vanhanen, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Albert II of Belgium, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, United States president George Walker Bush, German president Horst Kohler, South Korean prime minister Han Seung-soo, David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, Scott Stringer, Australia prime minister Kevin Rudd, Sellapan Ramanathan, former Indonesia president B. J. Habibie, Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Prabowo Subianto, Donald Tsang, Prince Albert I of Monaco, Iranian president Mahmood Ahmadinejad, Edmund Ho, Sandra Angelia, Zivanna Letisha Siregar, Tara Conner, Rachel Smith, Amelia Vega, Jennifer Hawkins, Natalie Glebova and IOC president Jacques Rogge.