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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993

IN

AS REGARDS FUNDING FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT of SPORTS HONG KONG, MR SO SAID IT WAS CHANNELLED MAINLY THROUGH DIRECT GOVERNMENT SUBVENTIONS, EXPENDITURE BY THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS SPORTS PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS THEY ORGANISED, AND EXPENDITURE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAMMES AND COMPETITIONS.

ON

BY

THE

DIRECT GOVERNMENT SUBVENTIONS WERE GIVEN, BEFORE 1990, TO

SPORTS AMATEUR

FEDERATION & OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (ASF&OC) AND NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS (NSAS) ON THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL RECREATION AND SPORTS.

THE

THE

FOR

AFTER 1990, SUBVENTIONS ARE PASSED TO THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD WHICH THEN

FINANCIAL

то ASSISTANCE ASF&OC AND THE NSAS.

PROVIDES

THE

GOVERNMENT

TO

THE

SUBVENTIONS ROSE FROM $10.35 MILLION IN 1988/89 $33.14 MILLION IN 1992/93 WHILE EXPENDITURE

EDUCATION BY THE DEPARTMENT INCREASED FROM $7.52 MILLION TO $10.75 MILLION DURING

SAME PERIOD.

IN

1988/89, THE URBAN COUNCIL SPENT $11.49 MILLION ON SPORTS COMPARED WITH $23.34 MILLION IN 1992/93.

THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WERE $7.69 MILLION AND $13.75 MILLION.

MR

SO ALSO TOLD THE COUNCILLORS THAT ASFLOC WAS RECOGNISED THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, THE OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF ASIA THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION.

BY

AND

"AS SUCH, IT IS THE ACCREDITATION BODY FOR HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THESE INTERNATIONAL GAMES," HE SAID.

IN PROMOTING SPORTS IN HONG KONG, THE ASF&OC PLAYS AN IMPORTANT BY ORGANISING AND ENCOURAGING

IN PARTICIPATION

INTERNATIONAL

COMPETITIONS.

ROLE

PROGRAMMES

AND

IN ADDITION, IT SPONSORS LOCAL OR OVERSEAS TRAINING FOR SPORTS LEADERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COACHES, TECHNICAL OFFICIALS ATHLETES; AND ORGANISES A VARIETY OF LOCAL COURSES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY.

COUNCILS, IT ALSO

TOGETHER WITH THE NSAS AND THE MUNICIPAL ORGANISES THE ANNUAL HONG KONG FESTIVAL OF SPORTS, WHICH ATTRACTS WIDE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

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