Provisional Regional Council Sports and Recreation Programmes and Facilities
To promote recreational and sports activities, the Provisional
Regional Council organised a total of 7 861 training courses,
competitions and recreational programmes for 530 735 people
of all ages and abilities in 1997. A total of $29.56 million was
allocated for the organisation of a variety of programmes,
including athletics, water sports, ball games, racket games,
fitness, dance, tai chi, camping excursions, golf and lawn
bowls. It also maintained close liaison with various local
organisations in promoting recreational and sports activities in
the nine New Territories districts. In all, 201 programmes
were co-organised with local organisations and drew 69 477
participants.
The council has subsidised national sports associations and
non-profit-making organisations through the Sports Subsidy
Scheme since 1986 to promote participation in recreation and
sport. In 1997, subsidies amounting to $9.26 million were
allocated to support 3 722 projects, benefiting 290 040 people.
One example was a joint venture with the Hong Kong Table
Tennis Association to organise the Low Table Ping-Pong
Development Scheme to promote table tennis to children in the
council area.
During the year, various sports development programmes
such as athletics, badminton, basketball, golf, table tennis,
wushu, football, ballet and squash were organised for 21 670
youths.
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