Leisure Facilities Free Use DayLeisure and Cultural Services Department
Booking Method
The sessions for free use of facilitiesNote 1 on October 1 will be allocated through balloting via SmartPLAY. During anytime between September 14 and 20, members of the public can submit a balloting application via SmartPLAY for booking sessions available for free use on October 1. Each user can submit a total of three balloting choices in one application. The computer balloting results will be announced by September 23. Successful applicants will be notified by the SmartPLAY system and no confirmation is required by the applicants.
Applications submitted can be altered before the closing of the application period at 11.59pm on September 20. If applicants wish to change their choices, they may click "Edit Balloting Choices" to make alteration. They are reminded to read and agree the declaration and click "Submit Application" again to complete the application procedures.
Members of the public, who have not been allocated with or applied for the balloted free sessions, can book the remaining free sessions on October 1, if any, via the SmartPLAY website (www.smartplay.lcsd.gov.hk/home) (from 7am) and mobile app (My SmartPLAY) (from 7am), Smart Self-service Stations (from 7.15am) or booking counters (from 7.15am) at major leisure venues on a first-come, first-served basis from September 25. (the services counter at at Tuen Mun Recreation and Sports Centre will start from 7:45am while water sports centres and holiday camps will start from 8.30am).
Each person can only book one free session Note 2 irrespective of the type of leisure facility, either from balloting or first-come, first-served booking. Overbooking of facilities will be declined automatically by SmartPLAY hence there is no need for the successful applicants to book the remaining free sessions through the system on September 25.
Prior booking is not required for public swimming pools. Members of the public may line up at the entrance of swimming pools before the start of a session. Free admission is offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
Each session lasts one hour except for the following: half an hour per session for squash courts; one-and-a-half hour sessions for all archery range and three-hour sessions for the crafts at the water sports centres.