Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground

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Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground is designed and built to International Association of Athletics Federations standards. It comprises a main sports ground, a warm-up secondary sports ground, and other facilities for holding large-scale international competitions. It will become the main venue for track and field events for the 2009 East Asian Games. It is scheduled to be completed by mid 2009.

Occupying an area of about 5.9 hectares and located at Po Hong Road in Tseung Kwan O, the track and field facilities conform to International Association of Athletics Federations standards.

Facilities of the main sports ground include an eight-lane 400-metre all-weather synthetic running track, a javelin-throw circle, high jump take-off runways and pits, long jump and triple jump runways and pits, a pole-vault runway and landing area, steeple chase facilities, a hammer and discus cage, a shot-put throwing area, an 11-a-side natural football pitch conforming to the Federation Internationale de Football Association standards, a covered spectator stand with a seating capacity of about 3,500 and spaces for a temporary spectator stand with 1,500 seats.

The secondary sports ground includes a warm-up track and field facilities and a seven-a-side natural turf football pitch.

Other ancillary facilities include doping control rooms, weight-lifting rooms, control rooms, press facilities and necessary facilities for organising events and conferences as well as holding training exercises.