Introduction

Notice

New arrangements for the booking of holiday camps managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department are as follows:

(I) Priority booking of camp places six months in advance (applicable to camp places from July 2023 onwards)

1. Priority groups / organisations include:

• Local schools (including kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools and special schools);
• Higher education institutions recognised by the Education Bureau;
• Non-governmental organisations registered with the Social Welfare Department;
• Charitable organisations registered with the Inland Revenue Department; and
• National Sports Associations recognised by the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China.

2. The above groups / organisations can reserve day / evening / residential camp places six months in advance. This arrangement is applicable to camp places on regular school days only (i.e. from Monday to Friday). It does not apply to day / evening / residential camp places on public holidays, and residential camp places on the day preceding a public holiday.
3. Local schools will be given priority in the ballot. For July, local schools and groups / organisations with priority booking status can only make this arrangement for camp places on school days as specified by the Education Bureau. Since there are no school days in August, this arrangement is not available for local schools and groups / organisations with priority booking status.

(II) All residential campers must be Hong Kong residents (applicable to residential camp places from April 2023 onwards)

Other than local schools and groups / organisations with priority booking status, applicants who made the booking for residential camp places three months ago (by ballot) and their accompanying campers must be Hong Kong residents.

(III) Default notice

1. Camp staff will conduct random checks on applications made for residential camp places by ballot. If any accompanying campers of the applicants (except for local schools and priority groups / organisations) are found to be non-Hong Kong residents, a default notice will be served. Within 12 months after the serving of the first default notice, if the applicant concerned is served with a second default notice in respect of the same camp, his / her eligibility for advance booking will be suspended for 12 months, except for the booking of day camp and evening camp.
2. For successful applications made using the priority booking status, if all campers of a group / organisation fail to check in without a valid reason, a default notice will be served on the group / organisation concerned, and the LCSD will reserve the right to reject its future applications for camp places.

Leisure and Cultural Services Department

16 December 2022