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ཆོ་གས་པལ་གདམས་ཆག་ ག་གིས་བ་གང་ས་ས
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SWIMMING
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HERE is one thing we do not
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lack in Hong Kong and that is swimming facilities. We are ex- tremely fortunate in the fact that we have good bathing beaches practically all around the Island and around the Mainland, particularly along the Castle Peak Road all the way out to Castle Peak. The use that is being made of these bathing beaches, however, is another story. Before 1941 most of the beaches were rented out to Europeans who built more or less permanent bathing sheds on them and who used these beaches exclusively. Of course, prewar bathing was not anywhere. near as popular with the Chinese in Hong Kong as it is today and, consequently, there was plenty of room for everyone on the Colony's beaches. The tremendous increase in the Colony's population, com- bined with the fact that swimming has become an extremely popular sport with the Chinese, has set the local Government quite a problem as to the best method of utilising our wonderful beach facilities. This problem has evidently been more difficult to solve than was originally anticipated, for it is now six years since the re-occupation and no con- structive plan has yet been formula- ted to make full use of the beaches.
We understand that, at long last, something is to be done about Repulse Bay which is probably the most beautiful beach in the Colony. The latest news is that Repulse Bay is to be developed by a private syndicate who have submitted a plan to the Government which has met with their approval. The idea is that this syndicate is to build bathing pavilions containing dressing rooms, restaurant and other re- creative facilities in return for a long lease.
This project will, of course, be for the benefit of the public, and will be in the nature of a municipal development.