Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Big eaters to go huge on shrimp
More than 300 hungry competitors will be cramming down shrimp wontons in heats of the CP Biggest Eater Competition 2011-12 at Diamond Hill's Plaza Hollywood today and tomorrow. The top 30 contestants will gain a spot in the local finals on November 27, where they will battle it out for a chance to represent Hong Kong at the global finals in Thailand next year. Competitors will include Sonya Thomas (left), the reigning women's world champion.
Home straight for the Trailwalker
Nearly 5,000 entrants will have reached the end of their mammoth slog over the hills of the New Territories when the last of the Oxfam Trailwalkers completes the 100-kilometre hike. First held as a team challenge by the British army's Hong Kong Gurkha Signals Squadron in 1981, it has grown over the past 30 years into one of the city's major events.
Obama's Bali visit breaks new ground
President Barack Obama becomes the first US leader to attend the East Asia Summit, a gathering that brings together the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and eight regional powers, including the United States, China, Russia and Japan. Obama hailed the grouping, which is meeting on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, as the top forum for tackling regional maritime disputes.
