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China's Ding Junhui thumped Mark Williams 6-1 at the Grand Prix to set up the first ranking final between two non-British players for nearly a quarter of a century.Ding, aged 22, will battle Australia's 27-year-old Neil Robertson over 17 frames at the Kelvin Hall tomorrow in a match which represents the growth of snooker as an international sport over the past decade. Ding added his view that the international flavour of the final is: "Great for snooker around the world. Chinese people know more and more about snooker which is very good."

Information from http://www.worldsnooker.com

The Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games will be officially launched on 5 December 2009. Following the successful conclusion of the 100-day Countdown cum Torch Relay held on 29 August 2009, the School Torch Relay commenced in September with about 500 local schools participating in the event.   

The St. Joseph’s Anglo-Chinese School will be holding its 52nd Athletics Meet Prize Presentation Ceremony cum Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games School Torch Relay Ceremony at the Wan Chai Sports Ground  to further promote the theme of "Light the way to the EAG". 

Mr. TSANG Tak-sing, JP attends Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games School Torch Relay. 

The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing passes the torch to Cheung Yat-lun, the current school athletic record holder in shot put and discus throw.

Winner of the 200m at Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and world record holder in 200m Mr. So Wa-wai attends Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Game School Torch Relay.