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Budget Speech

Sports Industry

191. Hong Kong athletes have achieved outstanding results on the international stage.  Last year, our athletes achieved historic results in the National Games, winning nine gold, two silver and eight bronze medals.  We will allocate more resources to proactively promote sports in the community, support elite sports, maintain Hong Kong as a centre for major international sports events, enhance professionalism in sports, and develop sports as an industry.

192. We will inject $1.2 billion into the sports portion of the Arts and Sport Development Fund to further promote sports development, including strengthening training for team sports athletes, improving the professional standards of coaches, as well as supporting and exploring more diverse and higher-level sports competitions to be held in Hong Kong.  We will continue promoting Hong Kong as a centre for major international sports events and developing sports as an industry through the "M" Mark System.

193. We will continue working with Kai Tak Sports Park Limited to proactively attract more major international sports events and activities.

 

 

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