It should also be accountable to the Legislative Council. The Government must take the opportunity when restructuring the MCs to motivate cooperation and collaboration among the stakeholders. The CFS must take on this role. It is an extremely poor excuse that some schools do not have sports facilities and hence cannot be expected to participate in sports. The whole education culture needs major revamping to get away from rote learning.
Sports is a marvelous way to enhance self-esteem, leadership abilities and teamwork.
The CFS must be given the mandate to explore how every Hong Kong child can enjoy sports. The school system needs to accept that every child has the right to physical as well as artistic and academic development. Hong Kong does not need to build more new venues taking into account existing and committed venues. There are numerous examples from overseas for reference. Weekend time slots will be in great demand but this is not a reason to shy away from making appropriate allocations.