Annex IV (Translation) 16 March 2020 Mr TSUI Yuen-wa Chairman of Recreation and District Facilities Committee (RDFC) Southern District Council (SDC) 3 Aberdeen Praya Road Southern District, Hong Kong Dear Mr TSUI, Proposed Agenda for the 2nd Meeting on 31 March 2020 Discussion on Annex 3 to RDFC Paper No. 1/2020 In Annex 3 to RDFC Paper No. 1/2020, a paper for discussion at the 1st special meeting of RDFC under SDC, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) mentions that it “will consider a range of factors when drawing up the annual plans for recreation and sports programmes”. The Annex mentions factors including “the development trend of individual sports” and “the overall development of the ‘Sport for All’ policy”, but without further elaboration. I thus have the following questions: 1) Will LCSD explain what factors are included in “the development trend of individual sports”? 2) Will LCSD explain “the overall development of the ‘Sport for All’ policy” adopted currently? Moreover, I have all along been concerned about local sports development and have endeavoured to promote sports culture industry in Hong Kong. I thus hope that LCSD will allocate more resources to enhance the standards of various types of sports in Hong Kong. In this regard, I would like to make the following enquiries and suggestions: 1) Among the recreation and sports programmes in the Southern District in 2020/21 listed in Appendix I of Annex 3 to RDFC Paper No. 1/2020, there are only - 2 - one or two training courses throughout the year for some items. For example, there are only two training courses for fencing and even one training course for track cycling throughout the year. However, Hong Kong athletes have constantly attained remarkable results in international events of both types of sports in recent years*. In view of this, will LCSD consider adjusting the number of training courses in sports with good development in the coming year so as to tie in with “the development trend of individual sports” as mentioned by LCSD? 2) Will LCSD consider allocating more resources to promote the aforesaid sports with good development so that more youngsters can be attracted to the sports and “fresh blood” can be brought in so as to sustain the development of various types of sports and continue enhancing the standards of local sports industry? Finally, as the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic persists without any declining trend, how will LCSD ensure the hygiene conditions of its venues when it resumes the programmes gradually in future and what measures will it take to ensure that viruses will not spread during the activities? Your approval to the above agenda item would be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, (signed) PANG Cheuk-kei, Michael Southern District Councillor * Vivian KONG, a member of the Hong Kong Delegation, won the gold medal in the Fencing World Cup held in Cuba and Barcelona in 2019 and became the top-ranking fencer in the world in March 2019. She is also the first Hong Kong fencer to become the top-ranking fencer in the world. LEE Wai-sze, a member of the Hong Kong Delegation, won the bronze medal in the women’s keirin at the 2012 Olympics. Since then, she also won a number of medals at UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Asian Games and Asian Cycling Championships. She is also the second Hong Kong athlete after LEE Lai-shan to win an Olympic medal. .