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Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Hong Kong government department

Summary

Hong Kong government department

Field	Value
agency_name	Leisure and Cultural Services Department
nativename_a	康樂及文化事務署
logo	HK Leisure and Cultural Services Department Logo.svg
logo_width	160px
headquarters	Leisure and Cultural Services Headquarters, 1-3 Pai Tau Street, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
formed
preceding1	The leisure and cultural functions of:
jurisdiction	Hong Kong
employees	10108 (March 2019) http://www.budget.gov.hk/2008/eng/pdf/head095.pdf
budget	5,054.9m HKD (2008-09) http://www.budget.gov.hk/2008/eng/pdf/head095.pdf
chief1_name	Ms Manda CHAN Wing-man, JP
chief1_position	Director
parent_agency	Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau
child1_agency	Hong Kong Public Libraries
website	www.lcsd.gov.hk

Urban Council
Regional Council
Home Affairs Bureau The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), is a department in the Government of Hong Kong. It reports to the Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau, headed by the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism. It provides leisure and cultural activities for the people of Hong Kong, which was also one of the tasks of the former Urban Council, and Regional Council and Home Affairs Bureau. It manages various public facilities around Hong Kong including public libraries, swimming pools, sports centres, parks, beaches and waterfront areas. The well-known Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Hong Kong Space Museum are among several museums also managed by the department. It was established in 2000 and its headquarters is in Shatin, New Territories.

Until July 2022, the department was headed by the Secretary for Home Affairs.

List of directors for LCSD

Thomas Chow Tat-ming (2000–2009)
Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, JP (2009–2014)
Michelle Li Mei-sheung, JP (2014–2019)
Vincent LIU Ming-kwong, JP (2019-2024)

Facilities and services

Museums

Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware
Hong Kong Film Archive
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence
Hong Kong Museum of History
Hong Kong Railway Museum
Hong Kong Science Museum
Hong Kong Space Museum
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
Law Uk Folk Museum
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
Sam Tung Uk Museum
Sheung Yiu Folk Museum

Parks

Most public parks and gardens are managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Public libraries

Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) consists of 67 static and 10 mobile libraries offering a total collection of 12.3 million items of books, audio/video materials, newspapers and periodicals, etc. Among the most significant libraries are the Hong Kong Central Library, Kowloon Public Library, and Sha Tin Public Library.

Beaches

Among Hong Kong's many hundreds of beaches, there are 42 gazetted beaches, which are provisioned and managed by LCSD. Services usually include toilets and showers, shark nets (although actual shark sightings are rare), a lifeguard service, regular cleaning, and water quality monitoring.

Sports and fitness

The LCSD operates two stadiums, (Hong Kong Stadium and Mong Kok Stadium), along with numerous sports grounds, indoor sporting halls and courts, and public swimming pools.

Sports Subvention Scheme

Under the Sports Subvention Scheme, the LCSD provides recurrent subvention to 62 national sports associations (NSAs) in Hong Kong, at levels ranging from around HK$0.5 million to HK$10 million (in 2011–12). Until 2004–2005, NSAs received subventions from the statutory Hong Kong Sports Development Board. NSAs are members of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, which is the National Olympic Committee in Hong Kong responsible for the co-ordination of all local sports organisations and the promotion of sports in Hong Kong.

National security

In August 2023, it said that the next operator of the Avenue of Stars would have to comply with national security concerns.

References

(18 June 2014). "Senior appointments (with photos)". Government of Hong Kong.
(2009-04-14). "Hong Kong Public Libraries - Introduction". Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr11-12/english/panels/ha/papers/ha0113cb2-772-4-e.pdf Legislative Council Panel on Home Affairs LC Paper No. CB(2)772/11-12(04)]
[https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/programmes/programmeslist/sss/nsa.html Contact Information of Subvented National Sports Associations], LCSD. Accessed 30 Dec 2024
Lee, James. (2023-08-25). "Avenue of Stars operator must safeguard national security, Hong Kong gov't says".

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