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Opening of swimming pools (as at 6.30am)
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Attention TV/radio announcers:
 
     Please broadcast the following special announcement as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:
 
     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced that as at 6.30am today (July 17), due to an insufficient number of lifeguards on duty, the following 12 swimming pools are partially open:
     Hong Kong Island: Pao Yue Kong Swimming Pool, Morrison Hill Swimming Pool
     Kowloon: Hammer Hill Road Swimming Pool, Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, Kwun Tong Swimming Pool, Lai Chi Kok Park Swimming Pool, Sham Shui Po Park Swimming Pool, Tai Wan Shan Swimming Pool, Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool
     New Territories: Tuen Mun North West Swimming Pool, Ma On Shan Swimming Pool, Kwai Shing Swimming Pool
 
     The rest of 28 public swimming pools remain open to the public.
 
     The department apologised for any inconvenience caused.
 
     Members of the public may call the LCSD hotline at 2414 5555 or respective public swimming pools or public beaches to enquire about their opening. The telephone numbers are listed in the LCSD's website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/beach/swim-intro/swim-location-hk.html (for swimming pools on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon), www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/beach/swim-intro/swim-location-nt.html (for swimming pools in the New Territories), www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/beach/index/beach-location-hk.html (for beaches on Hong Kong Island) or www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/beach/index/beach-location-nt.html (for beaches in the New Territories).
 
Ends/Sunday, July 17, 2016
Issued at HKT 6:53
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