2-day Hong Kong Marathon could boost mega-event economy: lawmakers

Hong Kong should expand its annual marathon into a two-day race and add more diverse routes to attract more participants and boost the city’s mega-event economy, two lawmakers have said. They also said on Monday that organisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon could design routes through less urbanised areas, such as Kai Tak and the Northern Metropolis, to reduce traffic disruptions. Their calls were made a day after organisers pledged to set up a special task force to study the...