LCSD's leisure and cultural facilities open to individuals for free on July 1

To celebrate the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, public members may use most of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD)'s fee-charging leisure and cultural facilities for free as individual users on July 1 (Monday). The event aims to encourage people to participate in various sports and cultural activities, form good habits, and share the joy of the special occasion.

To allow more time for members of the public to select suitable free sessions and for those who have yet to register with SmartPLAY to proceed with the registration, the LCSD will ensure there is adequate time for the public to register and the sessions for the free use of facilities on July 1 will be allocated through balloting.

During any time between June 12 and 18, public members can submit a balloting application via SmartPLAY for booking sessions available for free use on July 1. Each user can submit a total of three balloting choices in one application. 

The leisure facilities to be available for free use on July 1 include:

Indoor leisure facilities: badminton courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, netball courts, volleyball courts, squash courts, table tennis tables, American pool tables, billiard tables, sport climbing walls, bowling greens, golf facilities, fitness rooms, activity rooms, dance rooms and a cycling track;

Outdoor leisure facilities: tennis courts, tennis practice courts, bowling greens, batting cages, sport climbing walls, archery ranges, and golf facilities (excluding camp facilities, sports grounds, and artificial as well as natural turf pitches);

Public swimming pools (excluding Wan Chai Swimming Pool and Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool, which is temporarily closed for redevelopment); and

Craft at water sports centers (recreational kayaks, pedal-driven boats, sampans, and color boats at Chong Hing Water Sports Centre are available for free use by campers only).

Citizens who book these types of facilities must hold the relevant qualification certificates. For details, please visit the thematic website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/freeuseday/conditions.html.

No prior booking is required for public swimming pool facilities. Public members may line up at the entrances of swimming pools before the start of a session. Free admission is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

The LCSD appeals to hirers to arrive on time and best use the booked facilities.

For cultural services, free admission will be offered to the fee-charging permanent exhibitions of the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Hong Kong Space Museum (except for the Space Theatre's shows) as well as the special exhibition "The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Fragrance of Time - In Search of Chinese Art of Scent" at the Hong Kong Museum of Art on July 1.

Admission to a range of delightful exhibitions will continue to be free at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, the Hong Kong Railway Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Law Uk Folk Museum, the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, the Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, the Hong Kong Film Archive, the Sam Tung Uk Museum, the Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre that day. Public members are welcome to visit to share their joy on this special occasion. (Note: The Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum is closed temporarily from May 1 to upgrade the permanent exhibition galleries to enhance the design and presentation and for maintenance and renovation. It is expected to reopen in the second quarter of 2025.)