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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1984
HONG KONG TO HAVE NEW-TYPE SWIMMING POOLS
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S KOWLOON PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL HERALD A NEW GENERATION OF PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES AIMED AT PROVIDING A WIDER RANGE OF FACILITIES IN SPORTS, RECREATION AND LEISURE.
THE FUTURE DESIGNS OF SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES WILL,
IN ADDITION TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD-SIZED POOLS, INCLUDE SPECIAL FEATURES SUCH AS +FUN POOLS+.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID SUCH IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE KOWLOON PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX TARGETED FOR COMPLETION IN 1989.
FUN POOLS ARE ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR SHUN LEE TSUEN IN KWUN TONG, SHEK KIP ME1 PARK STAGE 111 AND HO MAN TIN. THEY ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BETWEEN 1988 AND 1990.
EACH WILL COMPRISE A SLIDE POOL WITH SLIDES OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS, AND A FREE-FORM POOL WITH VARIOUS FEATURES SUCH AS WATERFALLS, SPRAY JETS AND TOYS FOR CHILDREN AT THE POOLSIDE. FOR SOME POOLS, THERE WILL BE AN ADDED ATTRACTION OF A WAVE- ACTION POOL WITH WAVES GENERATED BY MECHANICAL MEANS AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, CONSTRUCTION ON THE SHAM SHUI PO SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IS UNDERWAY AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1985.
AT PRESENT THE URBAN COUNCIL OPERATES 11 SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES CONTAINING 75 POOLS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND DEPTHS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND AGES.
EACH OF THE EXISTING COMPLEXES HAS A SPECTATOR STAND FOR ABOUT 800 PEOPLE WHILE ELECTRONIC TIMING AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED IN SIX MAJOR POOL COMPLEXES WHICH HOST TERRITORY- WIDE OR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
TURNING TO THE CLEANLINESS OF THESE POOLS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID WATER IN THE POOLS IS CONSTANTLY RE-CIRCULATED FOR TREATMENT DURING OPERATING HOURS.
CHLORINE AND SUITABLE CHEMICALS SUCH AS ALUM AND SODA ASH ARE ALSO ADDED DURING THE PROCESS OF WATER TREATMENT.
+ THE OBJECT OF THE WATER TREATMENT IS TO REMOVE BACTERIA AND ALGAE IN THE WATER TO MAKE IT HYGIENIC FOR SWIMMING, TO REMOVE SUSPENDED MATTER TO RENDER THE WATER CLEAN, AND TO MAINTAIN SUITABLE ALKALINITY IN THE WATER SO THAT CHLORINE CAN EFFECTIVELY COMBAT ANY DISEASES IN THE WATER, + HE SAID.