Three medals were won in the doubles events – Li Ching / Ko Lai-chak won one gold medal in the men's doubles event, Zhang Rui / Ko Lai-chak won one silver medal in the mixed doubles event, while Tie Yana / Zhang Rui won one bronze medal in the women's doubles event.

In the women's singles event, Lin Ling and Lau Sui-fei won one gold and one silver medal respectively; in the men's singles, Li Ching won a silver medal.

The swimming team 10 gold, 25 silver, and 27 bronze medals, a total of 62 medals, at the 4th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships held in mid-August in Bangkok, Thailand. It broke 1 Hong Kong record, 4 Championships records and 9 Age Group bests.

Members of the Hong Kong swimming team

In this competition, the performance of the team was outstanding.   It attained 8 individual bests and broke 6 Hong Kong records.

Members of the Hong Kong swimming team (SAM)

Badminton player Yip Pui-yin, defeated the 1998 Asian Games ladies single gold medallist Kanako Yonekura and entered the last 16 at the 2005 World Badminton Championships held in mid-August in Anaheim, US.   This was the first-ever World Championships for Yip and was an excellent achievement.

The badminton team won one gold and two bronze medals at the Asian Badminton Championships 2005 held in early September in Hyderabad , India.

Wang Chen won the women's singles.   Ng Wei won the men's singles Ng Wei ; Li Wing-mui and Njoto Albertus Susanto won the mixed doubles.

The tennis team captured three gold medals at the Chinese Taipei International Junior Championships held in mid-August in Taipei, Taiwan.   Medals were clinched by Ronald Chow in the boys' singles, Chan Wing-yau in girls' singles, and Chan Wing-yau in the girls' doubles.

From left: Chan Wing-yau , Ronald Chow

The athletics team won one gold and one bronze medal at the All China Youth Athletic Championships held in mid-August in Shandong , China.   Sprinter Leung Hau-sze won the women's 100m race; the 4x100m relay team formed by Chung Wing-tung , Leung Hau-sze , Au Lok-yiu and Hui Man-ling, came third.

Members of the Hong Kong athletics team

In early July, the International Olympic Committee announced that Hong Kong would stage the 2008 Olympics equestrian events. As the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) will become one of the core competition venues, the HKSI will rent Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village where temporary headquarter will be established.

The Home Affairs Bureau and the HKSI held two rounds of meetings with Elite Sports National Sports Associations (NSAs) on the temporary re-provisioning of HKSI training facilities.

Patrick Ho Chi-ping, Secretary for Home Affairs, announced the setting up of the Joint Task Force on the Redevelopment of Hong Kong Sports Institute (JTF) on 22 July to propose the future redevelopment plan of the HKSI. The JTF, co-chaired by Dr Eric Li Ka-cheung (HKSI Chairman) and Professor Frank Fu Hoo-kin (Elite Sports Committee Vice Chairman), will submit a redevelopment proposal for the HKSI to the Sports Commission in January 2006. The JTF is composed of eight other members from the Elite Sports Committee and the HKSI Board.

In an attempt to obtain NSAs' opinion on the redevelopment of the HKSI, the HKSI Management has started a consultation process.

The biomechanics of back pain
Written by Michael Adams, Nikolai Bogduk , Kim Burton and Patricia Dolan, and published by Churchill Livingstone in 2004.   The book uses colour illustrations to explain the anatomy and biomechanics of the spine, and offers guidelines in the management and treatment of back pain based on applications of biomechanics.   The authors are internationally renowned for their expertise in the field.

Maitland's vertebral manipulation (6th edition)
Edited by Geoff Maitland, Elly Hengeveld , Kevin Banks and Kay English, and published by the Elsevier in 2001.   The Maitland concept of manipulative therapy is considered as one of the standard approaches to spinal manipulative techniques.   The book includes new chapters on prognosis and examples of treatment physiotherapy for animals; and expanded coverage on the diagnosis, prescription, assessment, principles and application of manipulative techniques on the spine.

A delegation of over 40 representatives from Beijing Sport University Adult Education Department Correspondence Stations from various cities in China visited the HKSI on 22 August. They toured the HKSI facilities and shared their views on the programme with the HKSI Management.