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Monday, January 8, 1972
HEATED SWIMMING POOL PROVES POPULAR DURING WINTER
Over 680 Use Pool Every Day
Hong Kong's first heated swimming pool in Morrison Hill is proving
to be very popular since its official opening on November 1 last year.
Attendance at the swimming pool complex for the first two months
since its opening totalled about 42,000, an average of over 680 a day.
On December 30 last year, which was the coldest day this winter with
a minimum temperature of 8.8 degrees Celsius, attendance at the heated
pool still reached 315. This included 47 children.
On January 2, the coldest day this year with a minimum temperature
of 9.7 degrees Celsius, a total of 505 people went to the pool to enjoy
the hot water. This included 123 children."
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The Morrison Hill all-weather swimming pool complex is one of the
best-equipped in Hong Kong and its water temperature can be adjusted
with the rise and fall of the air temperature.
During the coldest days this winter, water temperature was
maintained at about 28 degrees Celsius, which is very close to the
international standard of 26.7 degrees Celsius for indoor swimming pools.
Temperature inside the whole-swimming pool complex is also kept
at 29 degrees Celsius, which is slightly higher than the water temperature.
The heated