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a detailed breakdown of the costs, functions, and areas of responsibilities for coaches at the various levels within the SDB, the National Sports Associations and the Hong Kong Sports Institute;

a breakdown by number and cost of the non-coaching staff of the SDB;

(c)

(d)

the number of staff on expatriate terms and the cost of employing these expatriates relative to the total staff costs; and

Reply:

(e)

the justification for having expatriate staff involved primarily in administrative, managerial, and fund-raising functions?

As the main thrust of the question seems to be centred around the general administration cost of the Hong Kong Sports Development Board (SDB) as opposed to its direct expenditure on sports development, it would seem better if we were to provide a breakdown of the expenditure of the SDB in such a manner instead of concentrating on the expenditure on coaching activities. Sports development is generally taken to include coaching, athlete support, coach education, sports science, sports medicine and sports promotion.

The SDB's 1994/95 Annual Report presents the financial figures of the SDB and the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) on a combined basis for the first time following their integration. The breakdown of the expenditure by the main components is set out below:

Item

Cost

SDB

HKSI

(SM)

Total per Annual Report

Staff costs

87.0

12.2% 36.1%

48.3%

Administration

21.6

3.4%

8.5%

11.9%

Staff and Administration cost

108.6

15.6%

44.6%

60.2%

Sports development &

promotion expenditure

(including a $4 million

allocation to Sports

Promotion Funds)

71.5

33.3% 6.5%

39.8%

Total

180.1

48.9%

51.1%

100%