FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1985
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1.6 MILLION PEOPLE PATRONISE SWIMMING POOLS
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MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET AWAY FROM THE CURRENT SUMMER HEAT IS TO TAKE A DIP IN ONE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S SWIMMING POOLS WHICH ARE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN THE URBAN AREA,
A TOTAL OF 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE MADE USE OF THESE SWIMMING POOLS BETWEEN MARCH WHEN THE CURRENT SWIMMING SEASON STARTED AND LAST MONTH.
AT THE SAME TIME, LIFE GUARDS AT THESE POOLS CARRIED OUT 191 SUCCESSFUL RESCUES BUT NO FATAL CASES WERE RECORDED.
APART FROM SWIMMING FOR LEISURE, 87 SWIMMING GALAS AND 128 WATER POLO GAMES ORGANISED BY SCHOOLS OR OTHER BODIES WERE HELD IN UC SWIMMING POOLS DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
THE COUNCIL AT PRESENT OPERATES 13 SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES INCLUDING THE PURPOSE-BUILT WAN CHAI TRAINING POOL AND THE RECENTLY-OPENED SHAM SHUI PO PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.
ANOTHER FIVE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES ARE NOW IN THE PIPELINE OF THE COUNCIL, FOUR OF WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN KOWLOON AND THE OTHER ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THEY WILL BE LOCATED AT KOWLOON PARK, HAMMER HILL ROAD, HO MAN TIN, SHEK KIP MEI AND JAVA ROAD.
ALL WILL INCORPORATE THE NEWLY-DESIGNED WAVE POOLS AND WATER SLIDES THUS MAKING SWIMMING ENVIRONMENT MORE PLEASANT AND RELAXING, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL.
STAMPS TO FOCUS ON FLOWERS IN HONG KONG
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+FLOWERS OF HONG KONG+ WILL BE THE THEME OF A SET OF SIX SPECIAL STAMPS TO BE ISSUED BY THE POST OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 25.
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THIS WILL BE THE SECOND SET HIGHLIGHTING FLOWERS. FIRST SET ON ORCHIDS IN HONG KONG WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 12, 1977.
THE LATEST STAMPS, IN DENOMINATIONS OF 40 CENTS, 50 CENTS, 60 CENTS, $1.30, $1.70 AND $5, WILL FEATURE SIX FLOWERS COMMON TO HONG KONG, NAMELY, MELASTOMA, CHINESE LILY, GRANTHAM'S CAMELLIA, NARCISSUS, BAUHINIA AND CHINESE NEW YEAR FLOWER, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/THE STAMPS,