The Chief Executive has appointed 10 members from a broad spectrum of the community for a period of two years starting from January 1, 2005, to form a Sports Commission. The Secretary for Home Affairs will chair the new body.
Secretary for Home Affairs Dr Patrick Ho says the commission is an umbrella organisation, which will help realise a new visions for sports in Hong Kong in three major aspects -- sports for all, turning Hong Kong into a sports events capital and sports excellence.
The new sports administrative structure marks an important milestone for sports development in Hong Kong as it will take a holistic approach to advising the Government on the overall policy planning, coordination, monitoring and resource deployment of sports development, he said.
Dr Ho said by pooling expertise and experience in sports from different sectors of the community, the commission was set to embark on a promising sporting future.
Terms of reference
The commission's terms of reference include advising Government on:
* the formulation of policy for sports development;
* the building of partnership among major stakeholders in sports to facilitate the effective implementation of the sports policies; and
* the broad principles and guidelines in the provision of funding support to sports and related organisations for promoting and developing sports.
Under the Sports Commission are three committees -- the Community Sports Committee and the Major Sports Events Committee set up in October 2003 and the Elite Sports Committee set up in April 2004.
Membership list
The commission includes five ex-officio members and four appointed members, representing a broad-based participation by all sectors concerned. A list of the full membership is as follows:
*Secretary for Home Affairs Dr Patrick Ho (Chairman, ex-officio);
*President, Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, Timothy Fok (Vice-Chairman, ex-officio);
* Community Sports Committee Chairman Chau How-chen (ex-officio);
*Elite Sports Committee Chairman Victor Hui (ex-officio);
*Major Sports Events Committee Chairman Herman Hu (ex-officio);
* Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Anissa Wong (ex-officio);
*Dr David Fang;
*William Leung;
*Stephen Tan; and *Peter Wong.
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