The department is responsible for the administration of the Sports Subvention Scheme, which provides funding support to National Sports Associations (NSAs) and other sports organisations for the promotion and development of sport in Hong Kong.
After completing their training, young athletes have their performance assessed under the ‘Potential Artistic Gymnasts Development Scheme’.
In 2013-14, the department provided subvention amounting to $259 million to these bodies. Together, they organised 11 240 sports programmes for more than 746 500 participants.
Young athletes being trained under the Junior Hockey Promotion Scheme.
A junior elementary bowling training course held under the Sports Subvention Scheme.
The LCSD completed a comprehensive review of the Sports Subvention Scheme in 2010. The major areas of review included subvention allocation and monitoring, as well as internal controls of NSAs. Measures were taken to improve the administration of the scheme by streamlining procedures and enhancing accountability and corporate governance of NSAs.
A total of 80 international events were held in 2013-14 under this scheme. Major events included the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup – Hong Kong 2013; the 18th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships; the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic 2013; the 2013 Hong Kong International Handball Championships; the Hong Kong Inter-City Athletics Championships 2013; the 39th Hong Kong International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships; the 35th Hong Kong Rowing Championships; the Hong Kong International Judo Tournament; the Hong Kong Junior Squash Open 2013; Raw Hong Kong Benchpress Invitations 2013; and the 2013 Hong Kong ITU Triathlon Asia Cup.
A total of 451 local competitions were also organised by NSAs. Key events included the Hong Kong 3 on 3 Streetball Basketball Competition for Students; the Nike Hong Kong Football Five; the Hong Kong Bouldering Championships 2013; the Hong Kong National Wakeboard Championships; the Hong Kong Cup Archery Tournament; the Hong Kong National Junior Tennis Championships; the Hong Kong Youth Rowing Championships; the Hong Kong Open Ranking Table Tennis Championships; and the Table Tennis Association Cup.
Sports promotions and training schemes are important components of these funded programmes. The sports development programmes held in 2013-14 included school sports programmes and a range of training schemes, which included the Youth Football Development Scheme, the Youth Wushu Training Scheme, the New Generation Table Tennis Training Course, and the Hong Kong Youth (Boys and Girls) Basketball Training Scheme.
The Youth Wushu Training Scheme is one of the programmes under the Sports Subvention Scheme.
