Leisure and Cultural Services Department


The Leisure and Cultural Services Department, 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.
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List of directors for LCSD

  • Thomas Chow Tat-ming
  • Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, JP
  • Michelle Li Mei-sheung, JP
  • Vincent LIU Ming-kwong, JP

Facilities and services

Museums

Image:HongKongMuseumOfHistory.png|thumb|right|180px|Hong Kong Museum of History

Parks

Image:A flower nursery on Princess Margaret Road.JPG|thumb|180px|Princess Margaret Road garden
Most public parks and gardens are managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Public libraries

Hong Kong Public Libraries 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, a lifeguard service, regular cleaning, and water quality monitoring.

Sports and fitness

The LCSD operates two stadiums,, 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 in Hong Kong, at levels ranging from around HK$0.5 million to HK$10 million. 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.