Asiad 2006 host to be
named on Sunday
Delegations from four cities bidding for the 2006 Asian Games will gather in the
South Korean city of Pusan this weekend for last-minute
lobbying ahead of Sunday's vote to decide the host city
for the event.
Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur are emerging as
frontrunners, ahead of New Delhi and Doha.
"We have put in a good bid and I think our chances are
good," Tony Eason, secretary of Hong Kong's bid
committee, said from Pusan, host of the 2002 Games.
Forty-two members of the Olympic Council of Asia
will vote on Sunday to determine the winner.
Hong Kong's decision to bid sparked controversy in the
territory after a government study revealed that staging
the Games would cost taxpayers HK$945 million
(US$121 million).
