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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1983

PAVILION FOR SWIMMING POOL

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PAVILION WITH FLOWER POTS AND BENCHES

WILL SOON BE ADDED TO LEI CHENG UK SWIMMING POOL.

TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAVILION ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN DECEMBER AND NEXT APRIL WHEN THE POOL IS CLOSED FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.

MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INVITING TENDERS FOR BUILDING A PERMANENT REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT THE JUNCTION OF KING LAM STREET AND YU CHAU STREET, SHAM SHUI PO TO REPLACE THE EXISTING OFF-STREET COLLECTION POINT THERE.

THE NEW REFUSE COLLECTION POINT, OCCUPYING ABOUT 140 SQUARE METRES, WILL COMPRISE A CARBON FILTRATION PLANT, ONE ROLL-CALL OFFICE, A HANDCART BAY, A STOREROOM, TOILETS, AND LOADING-UNLOADING SPACE.

CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND BE COMPLETED IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.

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FANLING SWIMMING POOL TO CLOSE FOR MAINTENANCE

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THE FANLING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED FROM SATURDAY (OCTOBER 1).

THE CLOSURE IS TO FACILITATE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

AN AIR SUPPORT STRUCTURE WILL BE RE-ERECTED FOR THE MAIN POOL OF THE COMPLEX TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR WINTER BATHERS.

THE COMPLEX WILL RE-OPEN IN EARLY DECEMBER, AND HEATED WATER WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE MAIN POOL.

LAST WINTER, WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE AIR SUPPORT STRUCTURE, AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 7 000 BATHERS A MONTH USED THE MAIN POOL, A SEVENTEEN FOLD INCREASE OVER THE PRECEDING WINTER.

THERE WILL BE FOUR DAILY SESSIONS FOR SWIMMERS BETWEEN 9 AM AND 9 PM FROM DECEMBER TO MARCH, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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