HONG KONG—South African, Ernie Els followed up his Hong Kong Open first round score of 4-under par (66) on Thursday Oct 16 with a 65 in the second round to move into the lead the at the Fanling course on 131. Fine, sunny autumn weather gave golfers an opportunity to post good scores and many of the competitors did just that with a number logging -5 and -4 under par on the day.