hk-facilities - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: hk-facilities description: Search Hong Kong public sports and leisure facilities from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). Use when the user asks about sports centres, gyms, swimming pools, parks, courts, or any public recreational facility in Hong Kong. Covers 116+ venues across all 18 districts.

HK Facilities Skill

Search LCSD public sports and leisure facilities. No API key needed.

API Endpoint

Sports Centres & Facilities

# Bilingual (English + Chinese fields) — 116 venues
curl -s "https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/datagovhk/facility/facility-sc.json"

Traditional Chinese (courts/sports halls subset — 55 venues):

curl -s "https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/datagovhk/facility/facility-tc.json"

Response Format

[
  {
    "District_en": "Kowloon City",
    "District_cn": "九龍城區",
    "Name_en": "Fat Kwong Street Sports Centre",
    "Name_cn": "佛光街體育館",
    "Address_en": "1 Fat Kwong Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon.",
    "Address_cn": "九龍何文田佛光街1號",
    "GIHS": "...",
    "Facilities_en": "Arena, Table Tennis Table, Badminton Court...",
    "Facilities_cn": "主場、乒乓球枱、羽毛球場...",
    "Ancillary_facilities_en": "Changing Room, Locker...",
    "Ancillary_facilities_cn": "更衣室、儲物櫃...",
    "Opening_hours_en": "7:00a.m. - 11:00p.m.",
    "Opening_hours_cn": "上午7時至晚上11時",
    "Maintenance_day_en": "...",
    "Maintenance_day_cn": "...",
    "Phone": "2762 4506",
    "Photo_1": "...",
    "Remarks_en": "...",
    "Remarks_cn": "...",
    "Longitude": "114-10-52",
    "Latitude": "22-18-53"
  }
]

Fields:

District_en / District_cn — District name
Name_en / Name_cn — Facility name
Address_en / Address_cn — Full address
Phone — Contact number
Facilities_en / Facilities_cn — Main facilities (comma-separated)
Ancillary_facilities_en / Ancillary_facilities_cn — Supporting facilities
Opening_hours_en / Opening_hours_cn — Operating hours
Maintenance_day_en / Maintenance_day_cn — Scheduled maintenance
Longitude / Latitude — Coordinates in DMS format (e.g., "114-10-52" = 114°10'52"E). Convert: deg + min/60 + sec/3600 for decimal.
Photo_1, Photo_2, Photo_3 — Photo URLs
Remarks_en / Remarks_cn — Additional notes

Searching

The API returns all facilities at once (116 records). Filter client-side:

curl -s "https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/datagovhk/facility/facility-sc.json" | python3 -c "
import sys,json
facilities = json.load(sys.stdin)
# Filter by district
district = 'Wan Chai'
results = [f for f in facilities if district.lower() in f['District_en'].lower()]
for f in results:
    print(f'🏊 {f[\"Name_en\"]}')
    print(f'   {f[\"Address_en\"]}')
    print(f'   📞 {f[\"Phone\"]}')
    print(f'   Facilities: {f[\"Facilities_en\"][:80]}...')
    print()
"

Tips

Filter by district name or facility type (e.g., "Swimming Pool", "Badminton")
Use Longitude/Latitude fields to find facilities near a specific location
Combine with hk-geodata for address-to-coordinate lookups
Show phone number for booking enquiries
Use 🏊 🏸 🏋️ ⚽ 🎾 emoji based on facility type