The rank should not be lower than D5. With their monopoly on venues, it has made it extremely difficult for organized sports to grow in Hong Kong and thus for standards to improve. The CFS should rationalize the sports venues and at the same time encourage the setting-up of sports clubs for the development of organized sports. Organized sports and the informal community sports are complementary although they serve different goals. Community sports encourage general participation.
Organized sports is for the more committed.
Encouraging the establishment of sports clubs is the best way to get people to participate more seriously. This then becomes the base from which Hong Kong can draw talent for elite training. The SDB should control the venues. Community sports can come under the purview of the new District Councils who will work with the SDB to get venues and time slots. There is no reason to believe that a fair allocation cannot be arrived at.