Embracing both kindness and grace｜Development strategy of table tennis in Hong Kong

Congratulations to the successful holding of the Hong Kong World Pool Masters.

Hong Kong billiards has always had very good results.

Over the past few decades, billiards has always been a fringe sport in Hong Kong. Without normal support, Fu Jiajun broke into the international billiard circle with one person, which is a very important achievement in itself.

The government's support for hosting an international tournament is a good start, but in the long run, to make use of the strengths of Mr. Fu Ka-jun and Ms. Ng On-yee to lead the overall development of billiards in Hong Kong, it is necessary to provide support in space.

There are several aspects to do:

First, to strengthen the development of Hong Kong's table tennis venues.

In the past, billiards was characterized as a marginal sport, and the billiard room was called "Bolou", which means three teachings and nine-class venues.

In the 1970s and 1980s, billiard rooms blossomed all over Hong Kong, some of which were more orthodox, and some of which were indeed related to the club.

But in the end, if you want to play billiards well, you also need very hard training. It is a sport that requires a high degree of concentration and concentration. Great strength, and most importantly, stamina, unlike American-style explosive sports.

Therefore, promoting the development of the billiard industry can also create a good platform for improving the quality of young people in Hong Kong.

In particular, Hong Kong has a positive leader like Fu Jiajun, and he should be allowed to play well.

The government should find space for Fu Jiajun to set up a snooker college, or even a snooker college in the Hong Kong Greater Bay Area, to train the younger generation of snooker talents.

Second, community billiard centers should be built in the community centers of the 18th District, and commercial organizations should be encouraged to set up billiard rooms in their commercial spaces.

Third, in the licensing system of billiard rooms, we should not characterize it as a kind of entertainment venue, but have specific pairings to make it not only popular, but also more professional.

Fourth, Fu Jiajun can be said to be the first generation of Chinese to enter the international billiard circle, but he mainly relies on personal strength.

In recent years, China has actually produced a lot of billiards masters. In the future, the billiards industry should further develop, in addition to holding the annual elite masters, it should receive more support.

Real estate groups can also organize snooker teams. If the eight major real estate developers in Hong Kong have eight snooker teams, and regularly hold snooker leagues or youth championships, it can also enhance the influence of Hong Kong snooker.

At present, many shopping malls are vacant. If these vacant spaces are to be converted into billiard rooms or billiard courts, it is actually a very simple matter, which can allow more people to participate in the game of billiards.

It is a good thing to promote the game of billiards, and it can also become a symbol of Hong Kong.

In the past, Li Lishan won the Olympic windsurfing gold medal, but the government did not support her properly.

In fact, after she won the first Olympic gold medal for Hong Kong, the government should set up a Li Lishan windsurfing center for her to lead, and should train Li Lishan to enter the international sports system of the Olympic Games.

The same goes for fencers.

Training athletes in the mainland will not only train athletes who have won gold medals, but will also promote their entry into the development of international sports management policies, so as to further deepen China's influence in the sports world.

In addition to Li Lishan, in 1986 Hong Kong had a bowling gold medalist Che Juhong at the Asian Games, which made bowling alleys bloom everywhere.

Nowadays, the bowling alley is almost withered. The main reason is not that there are no good bowlers, but that there are not enough venues.

So it's a matter of urban planning.

At present, the urban planning of Hong Kong is very simple. There is only one project of shopping malls and no other projects.

A culturally rich society, such as Tokyo, has a few small bars with seven people and a large venue with 70,000 people.

There are also many different types and combinations of entertainment venues between seven people and 70,000 people. This is the bearing of a truly international city.

To attract talents, the most important thing is to have an overall life support.

And billiards, a sport in life, is a very important package for attracting talents.

Therefore, the World Snooker Masters should also be expanded into the Greater Bay Area Snooker Championship to promote the sport of snooker in the Greater Bay Area.

Led by Fu Jiajun to organize the Greater Bay Area Billiard League.

In fact, billiards and real estate and commercial development can create a good synergy and create more social benefits, so why not do it?

All in all, this World Pool Masters is a good start.

The Hong Kong government should support it for a long time, and real estate developers should give it strong support.

We should follow the trend and develop Hong Kong into a center of gravity for the development of billiards in the Greater Bay Area.

This concept can also be applied to fencing. Hong Kong's fencing is quite successful now, but how can it be further improved?

It starts with the whole system, of course.

Whether it is billiards, fencing, bowling, table tennis, these small and medium-sized sports, Hong Kong has great potential for development.

They do not require a lot of resources like football horses, and they have a very large space for development in terms of cost-effectiveness.

Combined with some cultural, commercial and community elements, it can make these activities shine and attract more citizens to participate, which is very useful.

The sports development strategy formulated by the government is not only a sports issue, but also a comprehensive strategic issue of social and cultural development and cultivating youth ability.

The author Hu Enwei is a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Political Consultative Conference, and Zuni.

Icosahedron United Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer.

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