Organisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will set up a special task force to look into the “future development” of the event, after thousands of visitors flocked to take part in Sunday’s races and almost 50,000 runners were denied a spot. More than 90 per cent of the 74,000 who were awarded a place turned up, but officials previously said 120,000 people applied and athletes have asked before why Hong Kong does not follow in Singapore’s footsteps in spreading out events over 48...