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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will provide heated swimming facilities in 16 public swimming pools this winter.
Nine of the 16 pools will provide heated swimming facilities from tomorrow (November 1). They are: Morrison Hill Swimming Pool, Island East 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 seven pools will be closed during some periods in winter for annual maintenance. Their opening dates are as follows:
Swimming pools Opening period
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Wan Chai Swimming Pool November 1, 2008 to
January 4, 2009, and
February 16, 2009 onwards
Lai Chi Kok Park November 1, 2008 to
Swimming Pool January 31, 2009
Sham Shui Po Park November 1 to 30, 2008 and
Swimming Pool February 1, 2009 onwards
Tai Kok Tsui November 1 to 30, 2008 and
Swimming Pool January 20, 2009 onwards
Kowloon Park December 1, 2008 onwards
Swimming Pool
Tuen Mun Swimming Pool November 1, 2008 to
January 28, 2009
Yuen Long Swimming Pool November 24, 2008 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
Three public swimming pools without heated swimming facilities - Victoria Park, Kennedy Town and Kowloon Tsai - will remain open from 6.30am to noon daily until November 30.
Ends/Friday, October 31, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:22
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