Hello and goodbye as HK contests its last Games

THERE was no fanfare or fond farewell for Hong Kong, the team joining the Commonwealth Games for the last time, but there a tumultuous welcome for South Africa, the team back in the fold after 36 years.

The throng of black and white athletes and officials proudly waving their new nation's new brightly-coloured flag earned the second biggest cheer from 30,000 spectators for yesterday's opening ceremony in Victoria, Canada.

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