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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

Samsung 2014 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards in March, cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze was awarded the coveted Best of Best Hong Kong Sports Star for the third consecutive year.

Hong Kong Paralympic Committee and Sports Association for the Physically Disabled

The year 2014-15 marked yet another fruitful and victorious period for the local Paralympic movement. Hong Kong athletes took part in 29 international competitions, from which they brought home a total of 70 medals.

To prepare for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in September, the association continues to provide our athletes with the best possible support in their quest to qualify for and perform well at the Games. At the same time, it will continue to nurture more young disabled athletes by identifying and training potential talent in the community for the Hong Kong team and promoting the Paralympic movement.

Hong Kong Sports Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability

The Hong Kong Sports Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability develops, promotes and organises sporting activities to help people with intellectual disability develop their potential and cultivate positive attitudes through sport, and to facilitate their integration into the community. The association's training programme caters for all levels of ability. It organised many competitions in 2015 and filled more than 50,000 places at sports training sessions.

Athletes took part in many international competitions during the year and made the most of these events to sharpen their skills. Highlights included the 2015 Swimming NSW State Open Championships in Australia, at which Hong Kong won a bronze medal; the Hungarian Open. 2015 in Eger, at which Hong Kong won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals; the British Para Swimming International Meet 2015 in Glasgow; the Slovakia Open 2015 in Bratislava, at which Hong Kong won two bronze medals; the fourth Inas World Indoor Rowing Championships and second Inas International Rowing Regatta in Italy, at which Hong Kong won four gold and three silver medals; the 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix - Italian Open. Championships 2015 in Grosseto; the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in the United Kingdom; the PTT Thailand Open 2015 in Pattaya, at which Hong Kong won two bronze medals; the 2015 Korea PTT Open in Ulsan, at which Hong Kong won one gold, one silver and one bronze medal; the Ecuador 2015 Inas Global Games in Quito, at which Hong Kong won 13 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals; the IPC Athletics World Championships 2015 in Qatar; and the 2015 ITTF PTT Asia Regional Championships in Jordan, at which Hong Kong won one gold and one silver medal.

Hong Kong athletes also achieved excellent results at the 2015 Special Olympics Macao Golf Masters in China, the 6th Special Olympics Games of People's Republic of China in Sichuan, the 2015 SOEA Unified Bocce Invitational Game in Taiwan, the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United States and the 2015 SOEA Regional Unified Floor Hockey Competition in South Korea. Intellectually disabled athletes won 251 medals during the year, comprising 126 gold, 77 silver and 48 bronze.

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