At the back of theassemblyhall in Little Haiti, a Democratic aide sulked furiously: it was as though Republicans had marched into his dining room and helped themselves to the first course.
TheAssembly elected Stephen Hall, Head of the UK delegation to the IOC, to the joint position of Chair of Group 1 (broadly consisting of Western Europe, USA and Canada) and vice-chair of IOC.
And just around the corner of here is the Khoo Kongsi, the most spectacular assemblyhall in Penang, a testament to the influence the Chinese have had on this island's culture (Penang is the only majority-Chinese state in Malaysia).