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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1978

SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX TO BE BUILT IN CHAI YAN

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A MOLTI-MILL 108-DOLLAR SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX VILL SOON BE WILT ON A 2.8-HECTARE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF CHAI, WAN ROAD AND SUN YIP STREET, IN CHAI WAN.

ENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MR. S.C. KYAN, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN IN MID-APRIL AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ON COMPLETION, IT WILL SERVE THE EASTERN DISTRICT, INCLUDING CHAI WAN, SHAD KEIWAN, QUARRY BAY AS WELL AS NORTH POINT, AND NENCE REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON THE FACILITIES AT VICTORIA PARK.

MR. KVAN SAID THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WOULD BE A STANDARD ONE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE AT A TIME.

IT WOULD HAVE EIGHT POOLS, INCLUDING A MAIN POOL A SECONDARY POOL, THREE TEACHING POOLS, ONE DIVING POOL, ONE CHILDREN'S POOL. AND ONE PADDLING POOL, HE SAID.

+OTHER FACILITIES,+ HE SAID, +WILL INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS, A LIGHT REFRESHMENT CAFE AS WELL AS SPECIAL ACCESS AND CHANGING FACILITIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED.

+THERE WILL BE A COVERED STAND FOR SPECTATORS DURING SWIMMING GALAS OR WATER SPORTS.+

IN ADDITION THERE WOULD BE PARKING SPACES FOR 40 CARS, A NEW ROAD HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS FROM CHAI WAN ROAD TO THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.

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