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Sports challenge gets Macau going

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Almost half the population of Macau swapped their chairs and sofas for training shoes last week, and took part in International Challenge Day 2008.

The annual worldwide event aims to get people physically active by participating in a sport, physical activity or game for 15 continuous minutes.

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According to figures from the Macau Sports Development Board, 226,759 people, or 42.15 per cent of Macau's 538,000 population, took part on May 28.

Fifteen year-old Daisy Chan played basketball with her friends after school and also took part in a running competition.

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'I love sport anyway so it was really no big deal from me, but it was good to see some of the kids who don't normally like sport having a go,' Daisy said. 'You were only meant to play for 15 minutes but we kept going for about an hour just to make sure. We also ran at school during the day.'

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