Hong Kong will field their largest team ever at a multi-sport games with a 512-member delegation at December's East Asian Games.
With the deadline for entries completed, the Hong Kong Olympic Committee has submitted a list of 386 athletes and 126 officials for the 5th regional games.
'There may be some minor changes because of injury or some unforeseeable reason but the final squad size won't be too far away from this figure,' honorary general secretary Pang Chung said.
'This will be the biggest squad we have ever sent to a multi-sport games and we also hope to achieve the best-ever results for Hong Kong as the hosts.'
A team of 281 athletes took part in the 2006 Doha Asian Games in Qatar - the previous biggest - while 168 athletes represented Hong Kong at the last East Asian Games in Macau.
Hong Kong have entered all 22 events and will be led by star athletes Wong Kam-po (cycling), Zhou Mi (badminton), Marco Fu Ka-chun (snooker), Chan King-yin (windsurfing) and Rebecca Chiu Wing-yin (squash).
Pang said it was too early to predict the number of gold medals the hosts could win, but was confident they would surpass the 11 golds Macau won as hosts in 2005.
