Sports Minister Felipe Payano announced that 27 countries will be represented in the Junior World Table Tennis Circuit Finals and World Cadet Challenge Championships to be held 23 to 30 October 2005 in the TableTennis Pavilion at the Parque del Este in Santo Domingo. According to a report in Hoy, the Ministry is allocating RD$2.2 million for this event. The president of the Dominican Table-Tennis Federation thanked Ramon Hipolito Mejia, the members of the federation and the Minister of Sports for making this youth ping-pong competition possible. See www.ittf.com