Education

The Hong Kong Sports Institute provides training to athletes and grants academic qualifications related to sports training. Its world-class sports facilities create an environment for sport talent to be identified, nurtured and developed. The institute supports athletes through sponsoring and coaching elite athletes, sports science, sports medicine, applied research and sports information. To boost the competitiveness of Hong Kong athletes in the international sporting arena and keep up with the pace of elite sports development in the city, a facilities development project for the Sports Institute was proposed. Set to be three storeys high, the new facilities building will have a net operating floor area of approximately 8,935 square metres. The building will house facilities such as a multi-purpose training hall, scientific conditioning centre, sports medicine centre, sport psychology centre, sport biomechanics centre, sport nutrition and monitoring centre, and sports residence area. The main works for the new building is estimated to cost HK$986.6M.