Leisure and Cultural Service Department
| 康樂及文化事務署 | |
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| Headquarters | Leisure and Cultural Services Headquarters, 1-3 Pai Tau Street, Sha Tin, Hong Kong |
| Employees | 7,579 (March 2008) [1] |
| Annual budget | 5,054.9m HKD (2008-09) [2] |
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| Website | www.lcsd.gov.hk |
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LCSD headquarters
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| Traditional Chinese | 康樂及文化事務署 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 康乐及文化事务署 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kāng lè jí wén huà shì wù shǔ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hōng lohk gahp màhn fa sih mouh syúh |
| IPA | [hɔ́ːŋlɔ̀ːk kɐ̀p mɐ̏nfāː ɕìmòutɕʰy̬ː] |
| Jyutping | Hong1 lok6 gap6 man4 faa3 si6 mou6 syu5 |
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (Chinese: 康樂及文化事務署, often abbreviated as LCSD, is a department in the Government of Hong Kong. It reports to the Home Affairs Bureau, headed by the Secretary for Home Affairs. It provides leisure and cultural activities for the people of Hong Kong, which was also one of the tasks of the former Urban Council, Regional Council and Home Affair Bureau. It manages various public facilities around Hong Kong including public libraries, swimming pools, and sports centres. 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 East.
Most public parks and gardens are managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
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.
The LCSD operates two stadia (Hong Kong Stadium in Causeway Bay Hong Kong Island and Mong Kok Stadium in Prince Edward Kowloon West) and numerous sports grounds, indoor sporting halls and courts, and public swimming pools.
Under the Sports Subvention Scheme, the LCSD provides recurrent subvention to 58 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 organizations and promotion of sports in Hong Kong.
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