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HEED INSTRUCTIONS

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1984

WATER WORLD USERS TOLD

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THE OCEAN PARK WAS AN EXCITING PLACE, BUT USERS OF ITS FACILITIES SHOULD HEED THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DENIS BRAY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG LAM ON THE AMENITIES AND EQUIPMENT AT THE WATER WORLD OF THE OCEAN PARK, MR BRAY SAID THAT THE WATER WORLD WAS BASICALLY A SET OF SWIMMING POOLS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

ITS FACILITIES WERE NEW TO MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, AND SPECIFIC MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE MANAGEMENT TO EDUCATE VISITORS IN USING THE FACILITIES AND TO REDUCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCIDENTS, MR BRAY SAID.

MEASURES TAKEN INCLUDED THE POSTING OF LIFEGUARDS AT THE TOP OF WATER SLIDES TO REGULATE THE FREQUENCY OF USE, THE CORDONING OFF OF THE SHALLOW END OF THE WAVE POOL TO PREVENT VISITORS FROM JUMPING OR DIVING, AND THE POSTING OF NOTICES TO ADVISE HOW FACILITIES SHOULD BE USED, HE EXPLAINED.

+THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THE MANAGEMENT CAN DO. AS A GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF OCEAN PARK, I CAN SAY THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD HAVE FUN IN SAFETY.

+ IT IS AN EXCITING PLACE BUT USERS DO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT,+ MR BRAY SAID.

MR BRAY SAID THAT WATER WORLD OPERATED UNDER A SWIMMING POOL LICENCE ISSUED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

LICENCE CONDITIONS WERE MAINLY CONCERNED WITH HYGIENE STANDARDS, BUT DEALT ALSO WITH SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS SLIPPERY FLOORS, EMPLOYMENT OF LIFE GUARDS, AND THE SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

MONTHLY INSPECTIONS WERE MADE TO ENSURE THE LICENSING CONDITIONS WERE COMPLIED WITH, HE SAID.

AS REGARDS THE STRUCTURAL SAFETY ASPECTS OF THE FACILITIES, MR BRAY SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY SATISFIED THAT THEY MET THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.

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