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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts
Kai Tak Sports Park
The contract for the design, construction and operation of the Kai Tak Sports Park was awarded in December 2018. Scheduled for completion in 2023, the 28-hectare Kai Tak Sports Park will become the biggest sports venue in Hong Kong. It will provide world-class, multi-purpose facilities, including a 50,000-seat stadium, a 10,000-seat indoor sports centre, a 5,000-seat sports ground and open space, to hold major international sports events and community sports
activities.
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 draw some 120,000 participants annually. 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 attract about half a million day visitors and overnight guests every year. In addition, the department subsidises 11 non- governmental organisations to run 24 holiday camps and sea activity centres, which registered over 940,000 participants in 2018.
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 100 sports centres, 252 tennis courts, 292 squash courts, 25 sports. grounds, four driving ranges and two public riding schools. Works for 12 other major projects are under way.
Recreation and Sports Organisations
The Sports Commission advises 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 sports institute seeks to provide an environment in which sports talent can be identified and nurtured. Its state-of-the-art facilities enable the training of high-performance athletes. Other forms of support given to athletes include coaching and training, sports science and sports medicine, and education and employment training. The institute's Elite Training Programme renders dedicated support to athletes in 19 Tier A sports: athletics, badminton, billiard sports, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, karatedo, rowing, rugby sevens, sailing, skating, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu. It also supports athletes in 13 Tier B sports: dance sports, dragon boat, equestrian, golf, judo, kart, lawn. bowls, life saving, mountaineering, orienteering, roller sports, shuttlecock and taekwondo. Outstanding athletes whose sports fall outside these two tiers are covered under an Individual Athletes Support Scheme and a Disabled Sports Elite Training Programme. A pilot scheme
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