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Jeremy Walker

What: It's the fourth edition of East Asia's mini-Olympic Games, held every four years.

When: October 29 to November 6.

Where:  12 venues in three areas: Macau Peninsula, Macau Olympic Sports Complex (Taipa) and Cotai International Sports Complex.

Who: The nine competing countries and regions are: China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Guam, Mongolia and Macau.

How many: More than 6,500 people - 3,500 athletes, officials and staff, 1,500 media,  1,000 guests, and 500 technical officials.  Not to mention thousands of volunteers.

Why: To try to win one of the 731 medals from the 234 events in 17 sports.

MILESTONES TOWARDS MACAU 2005

1996 - Macau is awarded the fourth East Asian Games at the 11th EAG Association council meeting in Guam in March - an important moment in the sporting history of the Portuguese enclave.

1999 - The Macau Special Administrative Region is established on December 20, and the government gives its full support to the games.

2000 - Preparations begin in earnest following the creation of the Macau 2005 EAG Co-ordination Office in July.

2002 - On January 1, the co-ordination office is replaced by the Macau East Asian Games Organising Committee (Meagoc), 100 per cent funded by the government to plan and promote a successful regional, multi-sport event.



In a nutshell - a beginner's guide to the East Asian Games