General Information

Sports infrastructure in Taipei City is undergoing sound development, creating entirely new prospects for the future. Hardware facilities include the Taipei Arena, Taipei Dome and regional civilian sports centers. Software facilities include over 1,000 sports events each year. In line with the development of physical and health education, the Department urges schools to promote sports such as swimming and jogging to enhance students’ physical fitness and to enhance the policy of health checkups for students. The optimal goal is to ensure both the physical and mental fitness of our citizens.

Important Measures

1. Construct sports facilities, offering citizens a premium sporting environment
   1. Have completed the construction of a multi-function sports stadium with the capacity for 15,000 seats (Taipei Arena).
   2. Have completed the construction of local sports centers in Zhong-Shan, Bei-Tou and Chung-Cheng districts. Sports centers in Wan-Hua and Shih-Lin will officially open in 2007. Sports centers in other districts are being constructed and we expect that there will be at least one sports center in every administrative district.
   3. Construct the Taipei Dome under the BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) arrangement, which will be a multi-function sports stadium that takes up to 40,000 people.
   4. Rebuild the Taipei Track and Field, preparing it to accommodate the 2009 Deaflympic Game. The construction work is due to complete at the end of 2008.
   5. Rebuild cold-water pools to become warm-water pools. As of December 2006, there were 34 swimming pools reopened to the public and the entire project expects to be completed in 2007.
   
   
   
2. Host international sports games to promote global sports exchange
   1. Organizer for the Taipei International Dragon Boat Race Championship.
   2. Organizer for the ING Taipei International Marathon.
   3. Organizer for the 2009 Taipei Deaf-Olympic Games.
   4. Participate in the International Children’s Games.
   5. Organizer for the Taipei Youth Folk Sports tour.
   6. Organize the “Taipei- Shanghai and Taipei-Sichuan Sports Exchange Tour” and “Taipei-Yokohama Sports Exchange Tour”.
      
      
3. Promote “Sports for All” to facilitate citizens’ physical and mental health
   1. Make plan for the various sports events including sports camps, mountain-climbing, jogging, fast walking, women’s sports game and sports games for the elderly people.
   2. Be creative in organizing the Taipei City Joint Sports Game of Junior High and Elementary Schools.
      
      
4. Strongly encourage physical education and emphasize students’ physical fitness
   1. Organize regular training for physical education team leaders and swimming coaches.
   2. Conduct on-site evaluation on the implementation of physical and health education.
   3. Conduct physical fitness tests and develop a database.
      
      
5. Promote swimming by offering swimming lessons at schools
   1. Swimming is taught at over 98% of the city’s schools, which makes us the top city in Taiwan in terms of promoting the sport.
   2. Over 81.28% of elementary school, 67.79% of junior high school and 54.07% of senior high and vocational school graduates have passed the swimming ability test. The overall pass rate is 67.94%.
   3. Organize summer swimming camps and training programs for swimming coaches. Propel the policy of shared swimming pool services and offer schools without a pool transport subsidies.
      
      
6. Aggressively cultivate fine athletes to improve our competitive strength in sports
   1. Set up base-level sports training centers that offer sports facility and teachers.
   2. Construct a pyramid-shaped sports development system to consistently nurture fine athletes.
      
      
7. Organize sports events for and encourage the participation of people with disabilities
   1. Organize the municipal sports game for people with disabilities.
   2. Organize the “2007 World Wheelchair and Amputee Games” and “2007 World Deaf Swimming Championship”.
      
      
8. Organize a team of athletes to attend national sports events to further excel in sports
   1. Attended the “2006 National Game for the Disabled” and won first place, receiving a total 329 medals including 180 golds, 88 silvers and 61 bronzes.
   2. Attended the “2005 National Sports Game” and won the fifth place, receiving a total of 96 medals including 25 golds, 42 silvers and 29 bronzes.
   3. Attended the “2006 National Sports Game” and was the runner up, receiving a total of 40 medals including 10 golds, 18 silvers and 12 bronzes .
      
      
9. Promote health education to ensure students’ physical health
   1. Organize annual health checkups for students, construct a database for students’ health statistics and enhance the follow-up and correction function.
   2. Fully implement school health promotion projects.
   3. Foster professional development of in-service nursing and training staff.
   4. Organize group insurance for students and subsidize lunch expenses for students from low-income family.
   5. Encourage schools to offer school lunches and administer hygiene and health education.

Future Prospects

1. Continue to pursue the construction projects for sports centers and the Taipei Dome.
   
   
2. Prepare the city for world games especially the 2009 Taipei Deaflympic Games.
   
   
3. Construct a comprehensive system for physical education classes to apply consistent physical education.
   
   
4. Propel the development of multiple social sports clubs to improve the physical fitness of high and elementary school students.
   
   
5. Further refine health promoting schools and ensure specialization of school dietitians and nurses.