-LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 9 DECEMBER 1987
Mr. Hul:
nnual Report of the Jubilee Sports Centre
1986-1987
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On the table this afternoon is the Annual Report of the Jubilee Sports Centre for the period 1 July 1986 31 March 1987. Members should note that the centre has since changed its financial
year; hence this report covers only a nine-month period.
During the past year the centre has moved into an
autonomous phase as the result of an agreement between the Hong
Kong Government and the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, made possible by the latter organițation granting $350 million to the Jubilee
Sports Centre to allow it to meet its own expenses from funds
generated from this capital sum.
The Centre continues to provide coaching support to terrio sports within the main body of its programme in Badminton, Fencing, Symnastics, Judo, powing, soccer, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis and Tennis. In addition, considerable support is provided to other sports agencies, including those from the disabled sector.
The period has seen the Centre show initiative in intensi intensifying its support programmes to the leading senior and top
nsifyin age group athletes, by way of a 'scholarship' scheme, designed to assist committed athletes to the next stage of progress. The development of the Centre's sports medicine and science programmes
has enabled professional support services to be offered in the
areas of treatment of injury, and medical and physiological
screening and testing. An extension of these services to include
the development of a counselling programme and a nutritional advice service is expected in the coming months. Certainly, with these
amenities available, Hong Kong's athletes should be better prepared
than ever before.
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