Hong Kong Sports Development Board

The Hong Kong Sports Development Board is the statutory body responsible for the development of sport and physical recreation in Hong Kong. In 200102, the board received a government subvention of $190.5 million, which included a contribution towards the Elite Training Programme for the HKSAR's top athletes at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The board allocated $109 million to this programme in 200102, to provide to 252 scholarship athletes high-level coaching, squad training programmes, meals and accommodation, support in sports science and medicine, education and career guidance and use of training facilities. The key sports in the training programme are athletics, badminton, cycling, fencing, rowing, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu. Separately, under the Disabled Sports Elite Training Programme, the board provided $1.02 million to 15 athletes under the Individual Athletes Support Scheme, and $0.5 million to the Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled and the Hong Kong Sports Association for the Mentally Handicapped.