- Sports Affairs Council
Infobox Government agency
agency_name = Sports Affairs Council
nativename_a = 體育委員會
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seal_caption = Seal of the Sports Affairs Council
formed = 1932
headquarters =Taipei ,Taiwan
website = http://www.ncpfs.gov.tw/Sports Affairs Council (zh-t|t=體育委員會) is a council under the
Executive Yuan , theexecutive branch of thegovernment of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was established inmainland China and relocated toTaiwan after the defeat ofKuomintang in theChinese Civil War .History
The Sports Affairs Council was established in 1932. At the time, however, it could not function because the state was at war.cite web |url=http://www.ncpfs.gov.tw/aboutus/aboutus1-2.aspx |title=行政院體育委員會簡史 |accessdate=2008-04-05 |work=Sports Affairs Council official website] In 1973, the Department of
Physical Education (zh-t|t=體育司) was established under the Ministry of Education. The department was upgraded to a council directly under theExecutive Yuan in 1997.cite web |url=http://www.ncpfs.gov.tw/aboutus/aboutus1-2.aspx |title=行政院體育委員會簡史 |accessdate=2008-04-05 |work=Sports Affairs Council official website]Seal
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seal of the Sports Affairs Council is consisted of three different colors:blue ,green , andred . The color blue representsfreedom andenergy , green representsdevelopment ,nature ,health , andharmony , and red representspassion .cite web |url=http://www.ncpfs.gov.tw/aboutus/aboutus.aspx |title=行政院體育委員會會徽 |accessdate=2008-04-05 |work=Sports Affairs Council official website]The shape of the seal is combined with three different elements:
ume ,sun , andhuman . The ume is used as it is thenational flower of the ROC. The sun represents energy and the human representshumanity .cite web |url=http://www.ncpfs.gov.tw/aboutus/aboutus.aspx |title=行政院體育委員會會徽 |accessdate=2008-04-05 |work=Sports Affairs Council official website]References
External links
*zh icon [http://www.ncpfs.gov.tw/ Official website]
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