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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts
Kai Tak Sports Park
The Kai Tak Sports Park will provide world-class, multi-purpose facilities, including a 50,000-seat stadium, a 10,000-seat indoor sports centre, a 5,000-seat public sports ground and landscaped open space, to hold major international sports events and community sports activities. The contract for the design, construction and operation began in February 2019. Construction is under way and the project is scheduled for completion in 2023.
Water Sports Centres and Holiday Camps
The LCSD manages five water sports centres: Chong Hing, Tai Mei Tuk, the Jockey Club Wong Shek, St Stephen's Beach and Stanley Main Beach. Events held at these centres drew some 106,000 participants in 2019. The department also runs four holiday camps: the Lady MacLehose Holiday Village, Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre, Tso Kung Tam Outdoor Recreation Centre and Lei Yue Mun Park. These holiday camps attracted about 456,000 visitors and overnight guests during the year. In addition, the department subsidises 11 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to run 24 holiday camps and sea activity centres, which registered over 940,000 participants in 2019.
Beaches and Swimming Pools
Swimming is one of Hong Kong's most popular summer pastimes. The department manages 41 gazetted public beaches and 44 public swimming pool complexes.
Other Recreation and Sports Venues
The department manages 101 sports centres, 252 tennis courts, 292 squash courts, 25 sports grounds, four driving ranges and two public riding schools. Works for 10 other major projects are under way.
Recreation and Sports Organisations
Sports Commission
The Sports Commission advises the government on all matters relating to sports development and oversees committees on community sports, elite sports and major sports events.
Hong Kong Sports Institute Limited
The Hong Kong Sports Institute Limited is Hong Kong's elite sports training centre for the nurture of elite and potential athletes. It provides athletes with state-of-the-art facilities and comprehensive support, including scientific conditioning, sports science, sports medicine and dual career development in education and sports training. The Elite Training Programme supports athletes in 20 Tier A sports, namely athletics, badminton, billiard sports, cycling, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, karatedo, rowing, rugby sevens, sailing, skating, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu, and six Tier A disability sports, namely boccia (physical disability), para badminton (physical disability), para table tennis (physical disability), wheelchair fencing (physical disability), para swimming (intellectual disability) and para table tennis (intellectual disability). It also provides suitable support to athletes in 13 Tier B sports, comprising contract bridge, dance sports, dragon boat, golf, judo, kart, lawn bowls, life saving, mountaineering, orienteering, roller sports, shuttlecock
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