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RECREATION, SPORT AND THE ARTS
Books Printed in Hong Kong is published by the Books Registration Office in the Government Gazette, which can be accessed through the Internet, at quarterly intervals. In 2001, the office registered a total of 10 810 books and 11 649 periodicals, and 430 new publisher prefixes conforming to the ISBN.
Sport and Recreation
A growing number of Hong Kong people enjoy a varied selection of sports and recreational facilities and activities. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department develops and manages facilities such as sports grounds, playgrounds, indoor games halls, holiday camps, swimming pools and beaches. It also organises training courses, sporting competitions and other activities for people of all ages and abilities, and encourages passive recreation by providing parks and landscaped open spaces.
In addition, the department administers subventions provided to camps run by non- governmental organisations. There are 25 camps run by 12 separate organisations receiving a subvention, and about 704 000 people participated in the activities. organised by these camps during the year.
Hong Kong Sports Development Board
The Hong Kong Sports Development Board (SDB) is the statutory body responsible for the development of sport and physical recreation in Hong Kong. In 2000-2001, the board received a government subvention of $195.1 million, which included a contribution towards the Elite Training Programme for the HKSAR's top athletes at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The board allocated $106.72 million to this programme in 2000-2001, to provide high-level coaching,
high-level coaching, squad training programmes, meals and accommodation, support in sports science and medicine, education and career guidance and use of training facilities to 236 scholarship athletes and 111 potential athletes. The key sports in which athletes are trained under this programme are athletics, badminton, cycling, fencing, rowing, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu. Separately, the board also provided training facilities and support to 55 athletes under the Individual Athletes Support Scheme and the Disabled Sports Elite Training Programme.
Sporting Achievements
Following their significant success in 2000, Hong Kong athletes won a total of 165 gold, 133 silver and 89 bronze medals at their respective National, Asian and International Championships. Windsurfer Lee Lai-shan, competing in the 2001 Mistral World Championships, held in Greece, won the women's Mistral title for the third time, having been successful in 1993 and 1997. Tenpin bowler Hui Cheung- kwok won the men's title in the 1st World Bowling Masters 2001, held in United Arab Emirates.
In the 3rd East Asian Games held in Osaka, HKSAR athletes recorded their best- ever performance, competing in 10 sports and winning three gold, four silver and eight bronze medals; with the gold medals coming in the tenpin bowling and wushu events. The silver and bronze medals were won in rowing, wushu, swimming, athletics and demonstration events in rowing and hockey.
In the 9th National Games of the People's Republic of China, held in Guangzhou, HKSAR athletes won two gold and two silver medals, and one bronze medal. The