The Hong Kong Sports Institute Limited was established on October 1, 2004 to provide an environment in which sports talent can be identified, nurtured and developed. Other than sports facilities, the support given to athletes includes elite coaching and training, sports science, sports medicine, education, applied research and sports information. Thirteen sports are covered by the elite training programme — athletics, badminton, cycling, fencing, rowing, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, tenpin bowling, triathlon, windsurfing and wushu. The institute also supports outstanding athletes of other sports under the Individual Athletes Support Scheme and the Disabled Sports Elite Training Programme. During the year, the institute focused on the preparation of athletes for two major games (9th Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled and 15th Asian Games) and planning for its reprovisioning and redevelopment due to the staging of the 2008 Olympic Equestrian Events at the institute.