Nearly 200,000 people joined Sport For All Day 2023 yesterday to use free leisure facilities, enjoy free recreation and sports programmes as well as a live webcast, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced.

The participants also showed support to Hong Kong athletes participating in the Hangzhou 19th Asian Games.

The department said more than 160,000 people used its free facilities yesterday. A usage rate of around 99% was recorded for the main arenas of sport centres, while more than 74,000 people enjoyed swimming for free at LCSD pools.

More than 21,000 people also took part in a variety of free recreation and sports programmes at designated sports centres in the 18 districts. These included fitness corners, sports activities for parents, children and adolescents, health talks as well as sports demonstrations and fun games for the elderly and people with disabilities.

The focal activity of this year’s Sport For All Day was "fitness exercise for wellness". The department organised a series of physical fitness demonstrations and play-in sessions and arranged a live webcast yesterday via the dedicated website and the "LCSD Plusss" Facebook page, where more than 15,000 viewers joined the demonstrations in real time.