The 5th East Asian Games came to an end on Dec 13 in Hong Kong Coliseum. International pop stars joined the farewell gala: Chae Yeon from South Korea, Japan's Kousuke Atari, Richie Jen from Chinese Taipei, China's Dadawa and Hong Kong's Eason Chan gave solo performances during the closing ceremony that concluded the nine-day regional event. The pop stars were joined by the Chinese Orchestra for a unique international rendition of the Hong Kong EAG theme song "You Are The Legend" during the two-hour show. In keeping with closing ceremony tradition, Hong Kong passed the EAG baton to the Tianjin of China which will host the next Games in 2013.

第五屆東亞運動會在香港落下帷幕。閉幕式在香港紅勘體育館進行，香港特別行政區行政長官曾蔭權也出席了閉幕式。隨後，閉幕式文藝晚會開始，由香港著名的鳳凰衛視主持人吳小莉領銜主持。來自天津的文藝界人士演繹了中國國粹京劇，著名天津籍京劇演員孟廣祿進行了演唱。此外，天津雜技團表演的雜技更是讓觀眾嘆為觀止、現場爆發出一陣陣驚嘆聲與熱烈的掌握。接著，由來自中國的朱哲琴、香港的陳奕迅、臺灣的任賢齊、韓國的蔡妍、日本的中孝介等演藝界的明星接力演出，並在最後共同演唱本屆東亞運動會會歌[You Are The Legend]，在歌聲之中，東亞運動會正式落幕。