SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1979
$18 MILLION SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX
UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CHAI WAN
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RESIDENTS AT THE EASTERN END OF HONG KONG ISLAND WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND THE HOT SUMMER DAYS NEXT YEAR IN A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CHAI WAN.
STRUCTURAL WORK ON THE $18 MILLION CHAI WAN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, BEING BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
+CONTRACTORS ARE NOW PUTTING FINISHING WORKS TO THE PROJECT WHICH IS FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE COMPLEX, HE SAID, SHOULD BE READY BY THE NEXT SWIMMING SEASON, THUS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN CHAI WAN, SHAU KEI WAN AND QUARRY BAY AREAS.
THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, BEING BUILT ON A 2.8-HECTARE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF CHAI WAN ROAD AND SUN YIP STREET, WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 5 000 PEOPLE AT ANY ONE TIME, HE SAID.
+IT WILL HAVE EIGHT POOLS, COMPRISING A MAIN POOL, A SECONDARY POOL, THREE TEACHING POOLS, ONE DIVING POOL, ONE CHILDREN'S POOL AND ONE PADDLING POOL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS, A LIGHT REFRESHMENT CAFE AS WELL AS SPECIAL CHANGING FACILITIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED.
+THERE WILL ALSO BE A COVERED SPECTATOR STAND AND PARKING SPACES FOR 40 CARS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A NEW ROAD HAD BEEN BUILT TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS FROM CHAI WAN ROAD TO THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.
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