THE Sports Development Board's four-year Strategic Plan is to be revised to cater for the body's impending merger with the Hongkong Sports Institute.
The plan, unveiled in 1991, provided a blueprint for the development of local sport.
The SDB yesterday issued a progress report on the plan, summarising objectives achieved and areas where more progress is required.
And with the merger expected to be finalised in April next year, it is considered some objectives must be altered or modified accordingly.
SDB executive director Howard Wells said the current plan would not be abandoned. ''We came up with that plan two years ago and I think it is time for a longer term strategy,'' said Wells.
''The first plan was not the best document in the world, but it was a start. We need a plan that will bridge 1997 and provide for areas that may arise out of the merger.'' Wells expects to see a comprehensive document within a year.
The most significant objectives of the plan when it was first published were the identification of ''target sports'' and the need to increase sports funding in Hongkong.