The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), set up under the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB), is responsible for the territory-wide provision of recreational, sports and cultural facilities and services.

• provide quality leisure and cultural services that are commensurate with Hong Kong's development as a world-class city and events capital.

• enrich the community's life by providing quality leisure and cultural services;

• promote excellence and professionalism in leisure pursuits and cultural services;

• work closely with sports, cultural and community organisations to enhance the development of sports and arts in Hong Kong;

• preserve Hong Kong's cultural heritage;

• beautify the environment through the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers;

• achieve a high level of customer satisfaction; and

• build a highly motivated and committed workforce.

Our mission is to:

• Customer focus
  We continue to respond to customers' needs and pledge to provide services in a courteous and user-friendly manner.

• Quality
  We pledge to deliver high-quality services in a cost-effective manner.

• Creativity
  We continue to encourage diversity and to value new and original ideas.

• Professionalism
  We uphold the highest standards of professionalism and ethics while maintaining a high level of competence.

• Result-oriented
  Our focus at all times is to achieve the best results possible.

• Cost-effectiveness
  We are committed to reaching our goals in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

• Continuous improvement
  We seek to improve our services and respond proactively to meet the changing needs of the community.

Overall View of Our Operation

The Department organises and promotes a wide range of leisure and cultural activities for people of all ages with a view to enhancing arts appreciation and enriching the quality of life of the community. The major responsibilities of the Department are set out in the paragraphs below.

We develop and manage recreational and sports facilities and organise a wide range of leisure activities in order to promote recreation and sports at all levels throughout the community. As at 31.12.2005, the number of such facilities under our management was :

We promote appreciation and conservation of nature and greening of Hong Kong through planting of trees, shrubs and other plants in public parks and amenity areas, and through organising a wide range of community greening activities. In 2005, we maintained a total of 1 543 hectares of amenities area and planted about 3.16 million trees, shrubs and annuals.

We preserve heritage and provide museum services with a view to promoting appreciation of heritage, arts and culture. In 2005, we managed 14 museums including a film archive.

We promote arts and culture through the provision of cultural facilities and services, and the presentation of programmes. In 2005, we organised a total of 4 060 cultural presentations of music, dance, opera, drama and other performing arts.

We provide, manage and develop library services to meet the community needs for education, information, research and recreation; offer library extension activities to all ages; and promote reading and literary arts. We managed 74 public libraries and the stock of books as at 31.12.2005 was 10.2 million and that for multimedia materials was 1.4 million.