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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will provide heated swimming facilities in 15 public swimming pools this winter.
Apart from daily regular cleaning work, a special cleaning operation will continue at the pools every week to ensure hygiene.
Ten of the 15 swimming pools - Morrison Hill Swimming Pool, Island East Swimming Pool, Kowloon 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 and Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool - will provide heated swimming facilities starting from tomorrow (November 1).
Except during closure for annual maintenance work, the other five swimming pools will be open on the following dates:
Swimming Pool Opening periods
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Wan Chai
Swimming Pool November 1, 2006,
to January 28, 2007,
and March 12, 2007 onwards
Lai Chi Kok
Swimming Pool November 1, 2006,
to January 31, 2007
Sham Shui Po Park
Swimming Pool February 1, 2007 onwards
Tuen Mun Swimming
Pool December 21, 2006 onwards
Yuen Long Swimming
Pool November 1, 2006, to
December 20, 2006
To tie in with pool usage patterns and to meet the demand of morning swimmers and swimming groups for late afternoon and evening training sessions, the weekly cleaning operation will start from 10am and finish before the end of the second session of each individual swimming pool. The pool can then be re-opened at the third session.
The schedule of the weekly cleaning operation is as follows:
Day for cleaning work Swimming pools to close
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Mondays Tai Kok Tsui Swimming Pool,
Hammer Hill Road Swimming Pool,
Shing Mun Valley Swimming Pool and
Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool
Tuesdays Kowloon Park Swimming Pool and
Fanling Swimming Pool
Wednesdays Island East Swimming Pool,
Lai Chi Kok Park Swimming
Pool (November 1, 2006, to
January 31, 2007),
Ho Man Tin Swimming Pool
and Yuen Long Swimming
Pool (November 1, 2006, to
December 20, 2006)
Thursdays Morrison Hill Swimming Pool
and Tuen Mun Swimming Pool
(December 21, 2006 onwards)
Fridays Wan Chai Swimming Pool,
Sham Shui Po Park Swimming
Pool and Sha Tin Jockey Club
Swimming Pool
Three public swimming pools without heating facilities, Victoria Park, Kennedy Town and Kowloon Tsai will remain open from 6.30am to noon until November 30.
For details of the opening arrangements and the schedule of the weekly cleaning operation of the public swimming pools, please visit the LCSD website at www.lcsd.gov.hk or call the department's hotline on 2414 5555.
Ends/Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:23
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