SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1984
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SWIMMING POOLS FIT FOR GOLD MEDALLISTS
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BEING THE ONLY PUBLIC INDOOR HEATED SWIMMING POOL. THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MORRISON HILL COMPLEX HAS BEEN, OVER THE YEARS, ONE OF THE MAIN VENUES FOR TRAINING BY THE HONG KONG NATIONAL SWIMMING TEAM THAT MANAGED TO WIN 11 MEDALS INCLUDING THREE RESOUNDING GOLD SUCCESSES, AT THE SECOND ASIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
OF THE THREE GOLD MEDALS, FENELLA NG BAGGED TWO WHILE HER TEAM-MATE, TSANG YI-MING, GOT ONE.
THE COACH FOR THE HONG KONG NATIONAL SWIMMING TEAM, MR DAVID HALLER, SAID THAT AT PRESENT THE FACILITIES AT THE URBAN COUNCIL SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES ARE ADEQUATE.
IT IS
+WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING ALL-YEAR ROUND IMPORTAT, HAT WE HAVE INDOOR HEATED SWIMMING POOLS SUCH AS THE MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, + MR HALLER SAID.
+GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE SWIMMING POOLS ARE FOR PUBLIC USE, THE SITUATION IS SATISFACTORY.
+BUT, OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DONE TO PROVIDE MORE TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE MANY SWIMMING CLUBS IN HONG KONG.*
THE HONG KONG NATIONAL SWIMMING TEAM TRAINS ABOUT 22 WEEKS EACH YEAR AT MORRISON HILL.
WHEN THE MORRISON HILL COMPLEX CLOSES DOWN FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, THE TEAM TRAINS IN THE VICTORIA PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.
MR HALLER EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT WHEN THE NEW TRAINING POOL COMPLEX AT THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION RECREATION CENTRE IS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, IT WILL HELP BOOST THE TEAM'S TRAINING PROGRAMME.
THE NEW TRAINING POOL COMPLEX, WHICH IS PART OF THE $46.9 MILLION WAN CHAI RECLAMATION RECREATION CENTRE, IS BEING BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $19.5 MILLION.
A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMPLEX WILL CONSIST OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD-SIZED POOL MEASURING 25 BY 50 METRES WITH A DEPTH OF TWO METRES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE POOL.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, HE SAID.
THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION RECREATION CENTRE PROJECT WILL ALSO HAVE AN INDOOR GAMES HALL WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1985, HE ADDED.