Special Olympics torch run in Hong Kong
The torch run of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games was held here on Thursday.

Choi Yuk Kwan, a representative of Disciplinary Departments of Hong Kong, started the torch run from UC Centenary Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui East to Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai and lighted the cauldron there.

The Flame will travel through 14 cities across China, including Hong Kong and Macao, before it arrives in Shanghai on Oct. 2.

Escorted by Special Olympics athletes and police officers, the Flame of Hope had traveled through Greece, Egypt, Britain, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Australia after it was ignited in Athens, Greece, on June 29.

The Special Olympics, which will take place in Shanghai from Oct. 2 to 11, will feature some 10,000 athletes and trainers from more than 160 countries and regions. About 111 Hong Kong athletes will take part in 10 events.