| The 2009 Hong Kong International Handball Championships are one of the sporting events subvented by the LCSD. |
Sports Subvention Scheme
The Department is responsible for the administration of government funding for the promotion and development of sport throughout Hong Kong. Subventions are provided to the NSAs and to other sports organisations to allow them to organise sports events, training programmes and competitions. In 2009-10, the Department provided subventions worth approximately $186 million to these NSAs and sports organisations, which together organised 10 400 sports programmes for more than 715 500 participants.
A total of 61 international events were also held locally under the auspices of the Scheme, thus stimulating greater interest in sport and providing more opportunities to watch sporting events. Amongst those held in 2009-10 were the Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2010, the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup ----- Hong Kong 2009, the 10th Asian Indoor Cycling Championships cum Hong Kong Open, the 2009 Hong Kong ITU Triathlon Premium Asian Cup, the 14th Asian Cities Gold Cup Taekwondo Championships, the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic 2009, the 2009 Hong Kong International Handball Championships, the Hong Kong Inter-City Athletic Challenge 2009, the 35th International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships, the 31st Hong Kong Rowing Championships, the Hong Kong International Judo Tournament and the Hong Kong Junior Squash Open.
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Around 360 000 people also took part in 352 local competitions organised by the NSAs. These competitions were designed to foster a sports culture amongst the players and spectators, and major events included the Hong Kong Student Streetball Challenge, the Nike Hong Kong Football Five, the Hong Kong Sports Climbing Championships, the Hong Kong Open Wakeboard and Water Ski Championships, the Hong Kong Cup Archery Tournament, the Hong Kong National Junior Tennis Championships, the Hong Kong Youth Indoor Rowing Championships, the Hong Kong Bench Press Championships, the Hong Kong Open Table Tennis Ranking Championships and the Hong Kong Cup Table Tennis Championships. A series of inter-school sports competitions was also organised for primary and secondary school students.
Sports promotion schemes and training courses are important components of these subvented programmes. The sports development programmes held in 2009-10 included school sports programmes and various training schemes, such as the Children Badminton Promotion Scheme, the Youth Football Scheme, the Youth Rugby Summer Training Scheme, the Rowing Promotion Scheme, the Youth Wushu Training Course, the Hong Kong Youth (Boys and Girls) Basketball Training Scheme 2009 and the Mini-Squash Scheme.
