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SATURDAY, JULY 9. 1977

HE ALSO NOTED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST COMPLEX WHOSE MAIN POOL CAN BE HEATED IN WINTER.

MR. Y.K. PAO, SPEAKING AFTER THE GOVERNOR, SAID THAT IT WAS A CREDIT TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT IN RECENT YEARS GREAT EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE TO SEE THAT REQUIREMENTS FOR EXERCISE FACILITIES ARE INCREASINGLY MET.

+THE URBAN COUNCIL, WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS TASK, ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR HAVING CHOSEN ABERDEEN AS THE LOCATION TO BUILD THIS LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX FOR THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF THE EVER-GROWING POPULATION IN THE IMMEDIATE AND ADJACENT AREAS.

+TODAY, AS THE POOL IS OFFICIALLY OPENED, I PERSONALLY FEEL EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE PLAYED A PART IN SEEING THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION. +

MR. PAO, WHO DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS AN ENTHUSIASTIC DAILY SWIMMER, SAID THAT THE IDEA OF HIS DONATION ORIGINATED WHEN HE AND THE GOVERNOR WERE BOTH PRESENT AT A CEREMONY AT PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, IN 1971.

+HIS EXCELLENCY SEEMED TO BE IMPRESSED BY A CASUAL MENTION OF MY GREAT INTEREST IN SWIMMING AND THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE THEN THAT PERHAPS 1 WOULD CARE TO HELP WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL IN HONG KONG TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE SPORT AMONG OUR HARD-WORK ING PEOPLE.

+ IMAGINE MY SATISFACTION AND HAPPINESS TODAY TO SEE A SIX-YEAR-OLD PROPOSITION COME TO REALITY.+

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