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Sport For All Day 2022 on August 7 with electronic virtual sports activities and free use of leisure facilities
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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will organise the Sport For All Day 2022 on August 7 (Sunday) with free recreation and sports programmes, as well as free use of leisure facilities by the public. Sports demonstrations will also be webcast live to encourage people to engage in regular sports and physical activities for physical and mental health.

     The focal sport of Sport For All Day this year is electronic virtual sports, which is a combination of sports and electronic technology. Equipped with various sports equipment, participants will use intelligence technology to do sports in a virtual environment and enjoy sports fun in a non-traditional way. 

     A series of free recreation and sports programmes will be held from 2pm to 6pm on August 7 at designated sports centres in 18 districts. Apart from various recreational activities, health talks, sports demonstrations and fitness corners, sports activities for parents, children and adolescents as well as fun games for the elderly and persons with disabilities will be arranged. Activity coupons will be distributed from 8.30am on July 25 (Monday) at LCSD District Leisure Services Offices and designated venues in the 18 districts.

     Sports demonstrations will be featured in a live webcast via the event website (www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/sfad) and the "LCSD Plusss" Facebook page (www.facebook.com/LCSDPlusss) on the event day from 2pm. Members of the public can experience the vigour of sports demonstrations at home through online platforms.

     At the same time, various LCSD leisure facilities will also be open for free use by the public on Sport For All Day 2022. Each person can only book one free session irrespective of the type of leisure facility. Booking for the free use of facilities on August 7 can be made at Leisure Link booking counters in various districts (except self-service kiosks) and via Internet booking from 7am on August 1 (Monday) onwards, on a first-come, first-served basis (the Leisure Link booking counter services at Tuen Mun Recreation and Sports Centre and water sports centres; holiday camps and District Leisure Services Offices will start from 7.45am and 8.30am respectively). Due to the anticipated high use of online booking services by the public, it may take a longer time for users to log into the system for booking during peak hours in the morning.

     The leisure facilities open for free use by the public on August 7 include:
  • Indoor leisure facilities: badminton courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, netball courts, volleyball courts, squash courts, table tennis tables, American pool tables, billiard tables, sport climbing walls, bowling greens, golf facilities, fitness rooms, activity rooms, dance rooms and a cycling track;
  • Outdoor leisure facilities: tennis courts, tennis practice courts, bowling greens, batting cages, sport climbing walls, archery ranges, a rope course and golf facilities (excluding camp facilities, sports grounds and artificial and natural turf pitches);
  • Public swimming pools (excluding Morse Park Swimming Pool and Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool, which are temporarily closed for redevelopment, and Wan Chai Swimming Pool); and
  • Craft at water sports centres (recreational kayaks, pedal-driven boats, sampans and colour boats at Chong Hing Water Sports Centre are available for free use by campers only).

     No prior booking is required for public swimming pool facilities. Members of the public may line up at entrances of the swimming pools for free admission on a first-come, first-served basis.

     For details of the Sport For All Day 2022, please visit the website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/sfad.

     Sport For All Day 2022 is co-organised by the Department of Health; the Sports Medicine Team of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; the Sports Medicine and Health Science Alumni Association of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; the Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong, China; and the Hong Kong Sports Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability.
 
Ends/Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Issued at HKT 11:00
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