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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced today (October 30) that heated swimming facilities would be provided in 16 public swimming pools this winter.
11 of the 16 pools will provide heated swimming facilities from November 1 (Sunday). They are: Morrison Hill Swimming Pool, Island East Swimming Pool, Lai Chi Kok Park Swimming Pool, Tai Kok Tsui Swimming Pool, Ho Man Tin Swimming Pool, Hammer Hill Road Swimming Pool, Shing Mun Valley Swimming Pool, Fanling Swimming Pool, Sha Tin Jockey Club Swimming Pool, Hin Tin Swimming Pool and Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool.
The other 5 pools will be closed during some periods in winter for annual maintenance or preparation for the holding of major sports events. Their opening dates are as follows:
Swimming pools Opening periods
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Wan Chai Swimming Pool November 1, 2009 to
January 24, 2010, and
March 6, 2010 onwards
Sham Shui Po Park November 1 to
Swimming Pool December 31, 2009
Kowloon Park November 1 to 18, 2009,
Swimming Pool and December 21, 2009
onwards
Tuen Mun Swimming Pool November 1, 2009 to
January 17, 2010
Yuen Long Swimming Pool November 26, 2009
onwards
To tie in with pool usage patterns and meet the demand of morning swimmers and swimming groups for late afternoon and evening training sessions, the weekly cleansing operation of these 16 swimming pools will start from 10am and finish before the end of the second session as usual, so that the pool can be re-opened at the third session.
The schedule of the weekly cleansing operation is as follows:
Cleansing day Swimming pools
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Every Monday Tai Kok Tsui Swimming Pool,
Hammer Hill Road Swimming Pool,
Shing Mun Valley Swimming Pool
and Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool
Every Tuesday Kowloon Park Swimming Pool and
Fanling Swimming Pool
Every Wednesday Island East Swimming Pool,
Lai Chi Kok Park Swimming Pool,
Ho Man Tin Swimming Pool and
Yuen Long Swimming Pool
Every Thursday Morrison Hill Swimming Pool,
Tuen Mun Swimming Pool and
Hin Tin Swimming Pool
Every Friday Wan Chai Swimming Pool,
Sham Shui Po Park Swimming Pool
and Sha Tin Jockey Club
Swimming Pool
Starting from November 1, three public swimming pools without heated swimming facilities, namely Victoria Park Swimming Pool, Kennedy Town Swimming Pool and Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool, will open from 6.30am to noon daily until November 30.
Ends/Friday, October 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:01
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