FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1983
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NEW ADMISSION SYSTEM AT SWIMMING POOLS
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A NEW ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE INTRODUCED AS FROM MONDAY (JUNE 20), AT ALL PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE. URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
UNDER THIS NEW SYSTEM, PARENTS AND ADULTS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 14 CAN BE ADMITTED TO A SWIMMING POOL AT THE SAME POINT THE ADULTS AND FAMILY ADMISSION POINT.
AT PRESENT, PARENTS AND ADULTS WITH CHILDREN QUEUE UP IN THE SAME LINE AND HAVE TO SPLIT UP WHEN THEY APPROACH THE SEPARATE ADMISSION POINTS.
THE NEW SYSTEM IS THEREFORE TO ENABLE PARENTS AND ADULTS TO TAKE GREATER CARE OF THE CHILDREN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ADMITTED INTO A SWIMMING POOL, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
HAVING PAID THE FEES AT THE TURNSTILES, PARENTS AND ADULTS WILL BE FOR RECORD PURPOSES ISSUED WITH A TICKET ON WHICH THE DATE AND TIME WILL BE IMPRINTED.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CHECK THE DATE AND TIME CHOPPED ON THE TICKETS ISSUED TO THEM AS CORRECT AND TO REPORT DISCREPANCIES, IF ANY, TO THE POOL MANAGEMENT FOR INVESTIGATION.
THEY SHOULD ALSO RETAIN THE TICKETS FOR INSPECTION BY THE SWIMMING POOL STAFF, UNTIL THEY LEAVE THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.
NOTICES TO THIS EFFECT WILL BE PUT UP AT ALL SWIMMING
POOLS.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE EXISTING ADMISSION PROCEDURES FOR CHILDREN WHO GO TO THE POOLS ALONE REMAIN UNCHANGED.
THIS MEANS THAT THEY CAN BE ADMITTED TO A SWIMMING POOL THROUGH THE CHILDREN ADMISSION POINT AFTER THEY HAVE PAID THE FEES, HE SAID.
THE NEW ADMISSION SYSTEM APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AT VICTORIA PARK, MORRISON HILL, KENNEDY TOWN, ABERDEEN, CHAI WAN, KWUN TONG, LEI CHENG UK, MORSE PARK, AND KOWLOON - TSAI TAI WAN SHAN IN THE URBAN AREA AND THOSE AT KWA! SHING, FANLING SHATIN AND YUEN LONG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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