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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1977

$12 MILLION SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX FOR FANLING

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THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO OPEN A $12 MILLION PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN FANLING IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S SUMMER SWIMMING SEASON.

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY WORK HAD ALREADY STARTED ON THE COMPLEX WHICH WOULD SERVE THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES.

IT WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE FIRST BEING IN TSUEN WAN.

MR. AKERS-JONES SPOKE OF THE PROJECT WHILE ADDRESSING A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF AN INTER-SCHOOL GYMNASTIC AND TRAMPOLINE COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATION AT THE FANL ING POLICE CADET SCHOOL.

HE SAID THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WOULD HAVE A MAIN POOL, A SECONDARY POOL, A TEACHING POOL, A PADDLING POOL, A SPECTATORS' STAND AND CHANGING ROOMS.

THE MAIN POOL, HE SAID, WOULD BE HEATED IN WINTER TO PROVIDE A YEAR-ROUND FACILITY.

+1 HOPE IT WILL OPEN IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S SUMMER SWIMMING SEASON, SO THAT NEXT SUMMER, I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TAKING PART IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OUTDOOR COMPETITION AT THE FANLING SWIMMING POOL, HE SAID.

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE SWIMMING POOL PROJECT REFLECTS THE EMPHASIS WHICH MUST BE PLACED ON PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLETS FOR SPORT AND RECREATION IN THE DRAMATICALLY CHANGING NEW TERRITORIES.

HE PRAISED THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL FOR ORGANISING THE COMPETITION.

+THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE BEING ARRANGED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY GROUP AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.

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