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A major swimming pool complex of national status is planned in Kowloon Park in the Tsim Sha Tsui area at an estimated cost of $125 million. The feasibility sketch for this project is now under examination by the Department and will be presented to the Council for consideration in due course.
In addition to the Kowloon Park complex, there are six other swimming pool complexes under planning in various parts of Kowloon. In the Sham Shui Po district, there are plans for the Lai Chi Kok Swimming Pool at the northern end of the Lai Chi Kok Reclamation which is scheduled for construction in 1981. There are also plans for another swimming pool complex in Sham Shui Po on a site which is at present used as a refugee camp. In the Wong Tai Sin district, the Hammer Hill Swimming Pool will form part of the proposed Hammer Hill public sports facilities complex. Construction work for this project is expected to commence in 1982. In East Kowloon, two swimming pool complexes are planned for Sam Ka Tsuen and Shun Lee Tsuen respectively, while in Central Kowloon one is planned for the Ho Man Tin area.
On Hong Kong island, construction work on a covered and heated teaching pool with facilities for the handicapped is expected to commence within the next nine months. This pool will be situated next to the existing Morrison Hill Swimming Pool. On the Wan Chai Reclamation, a training pool is now under planning and it is hoped that the project will be completed by 1982.
MR. MACKENZIE (in English):-Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank Mr. Lo for his answer, but could we perhaps comment on the question of heated pools. Heated pools are much used elsewhere for all year round service. I wonder how many of the new pools will be in fact heated for winter use and if consideration has been given to heating some of the older complexes for winter use?
MR. Lo (in English):-Mr. Chairman, at present, the Morrison Hill Swimming Pool, which is a covered pool, is heated. My Committee some time ago certainly considered heating some of the other pools. They would be outdoor pools which would be heated. I think Tai Wan Shan and another one are heated but left uncovered. In Hong Kong, I think you can swim fairly comfortably for 7 or 8 months a year and with the cost of fuel being what it is, and expected to rise in the future, I am not sure that large scale heating of pools is called for.
STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUMS SELECT COMMITTEE ON ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE MUSEUMS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):-Mr. Chairman, to commemorate the International Year of the Child the Museum of Art has introduced 'Hong Kong Children' as a special topic for art works submitted for the Urban Council Art Awards. Seventeen outstanding works on this special topic have been selected for the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition as one of the highlights in the Fourth Festival of Asian Arts.
The Museum of Art has also organized a special series of children's art activities for the year. As a joint function by the Urban Council and the Association of Hong Kong Children's Art Exhibitions, all primary schools in Hong Kong are invited to send in their students' works which will then be selected for a children's art exhibition in the Museum of Art in December this year. Young artists whose works have been selected will also be invited to a sketch and painting session in the Ocean Park, with free transport and lunch. Outstanding works produced in the session will also be featured in the children's art exhibition, under the title "Their Joyful Moments', and fifteen prizes will be awarded to the best entries.
The Museum of Art has a steadily growing programme of school visits. During the first nine months of this year about four thousand students came to the Museum in organized groups.
The Museum of History has also designed exhibitions with young visitors in mind. Working together with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the museum staged the Country Parks and Countryside Conservation exhibition at the Star House during the summer vacation, and the exhibition attracted nearly 10,000 visitors.
The Museum has an active programme for school visits. From January to October, 4,848 students visited Star House in groups, guided either by their own teachers or by museum staff. The Branch Museum at Lei Cheng Uk is especially heavily used by young students. During the same period 4,491 children visited the museum and Han Tomb, and were entertained with a display on life in the Han dynasty, aided by an audio-visual programme produced specially for young students.
MOTIONS
1. THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, moved the following motion: --That the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 1980-81 and the list of works which the Council proposes to undertake during the next financial year be approved for transmission to the Governor in accordance with Section 39 of the Urban Council Ordinance.'
He said (in English):-The Council moves confidently ahead to give better service to the community all the time. To do so effectively, when it gained executive control over its own finances, all operations were put on a directly accountable basis from the start. At the same time, its financial policy was straightened out in a businesslike way. Had it not moved quickly to put its
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
A major swimming pool complex of national status is planned in Kowloon Park in the Tsim Sha Tsui area at an estimated cost of $125 million. The feasibility sketch for this project is now under examination by the Department and will be presented to the Council for consideration in due course.
pool complexes under planning in various parts of Kowloon. In the Sham In addition to the Kowloon Park complex, there are six other swimming Shui Po district, there are plans for the Lai Chi Kok Swimming Pool at the northern end of the Lai Chi Kok Reclamation which is scheduled for con- struction in 1981. There are also plans for another swimming pool complex in Sham Shui Po on a site which is at present used as a refugee camp. In the Wong Tai Sin district, the Hammer Hill Swimming Pool will form part of the proposed Hammer Hill public sports facilities complex. Construction work for this project is expected to commence in 1982. In East Kowloon, two swimming pool complexes are planned for Sam Ka Tsuen and Shun Lee Tsuen respectively, while in Central Kowloon one is planned for the Ho Man Tin area.
On Hong Kong island, construction work on a covered and heated teaching pool with facilities for the handicapped is expected to commence within the next nine months. This pool will be situated next to the existing Morrison Hill Swimming Pool. On the Wan Chai Reclamation, a training pool is now under planning and it is hoped that the project will be completed by 1982.
MR. MACKENZIE (in English):-Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank Mr. Lo for his answer, but could we perhaps comment on the question of heated pools. Heated pools are much used elsewhere for all year round service. I wonder how many of the new pools will be in fact heated for winter use and if consideration has been given to heating some of the older complexes for winter use?
MR. Lo (in English):-Mr. Chairman, at present, the Morrison Hill Swim- ming Pool, which is a covered pool, is heated. My Committee some time ago certainly considered heating some of the other pools. They would be outdoor pools which would be heated. I think Tai Wan Shan and another one are heated but left uncovered. In Hong Kong, I think you can swim fairly comfortably for 7 or 8 months a year and with the cost of fuel being what it is, and expected to rise in the future, I am not sure that large scale heating of pools is called for.
STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUMS SELECT COM- MITTEE ON ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE MUSEUMS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE
CHILD
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):-Mr. Chairman, to commemorate the International Year of the Child the Museum of Art has introduced
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Hong Kong Children' as a special topic for art works submitted for the Urban Council Art Awards. Seventeen outstanding works on this special topic have been selected for the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition as one of the highlights in the Fourth Festival of Asian Arts.
The Museum of Art has also organized a special series of children's art activities for the year. As a joint function by the Urban Council and the Association of Hong Kong Children's Art Exhibitions, all primary schools in Hong Kong are invited to send in their students' works which will then be selected for a children's art exhibition in the Museum of Art in December this year. Young artists whose works have been selected will also be invited to a sketch and painting session in the Ocean Park, with free transport and lunch. Outstanding works produced in the session will also be featured in the children's art exhibition, under the title "Their Joyful Moments', and fifteen prizes will be awarded to the best entries.
The Museum of Art has a steadily growing programme of school visits. During the first nine months of this year about four thousand students came to the Museum in organized groups.
The Museum of History has also designed exhibitions with young visitors in mind. Working together with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the museum staged the Country Parks and Countryside Conservation exhibi- tion at the Star House during the summer vacation, and the exhibition attracted nearly 10,000 visitors.
The Museum has an active programme for school visits. From January to October, 4,848 students visited Star House in groups, guided either by their own teachers or by museum staff. The Branch Museum at Lei Cheng Uk is especially heavily used by young students. During the same period 4,491 children visited the museum and Han Tomb, and were entertained with a display on life in the Han dynasty, aided by an audio-visual programme produced specially for young students.
MOTIONS
1. THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, moved the following motion: --That the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 1980-81 and the list of works which the Council proposes to undertake during the next financial year be approved for transmission to the Governor in accordance with Section 39 of the Urban Council Ordinance.'
He said (in English):-The Council moves confidently ahead to give better service to the community all the time. To do so effectively, when it gained executive control over its own finances, all operations were put on a directly accountable basis from the start. At the same time, its financial policy was straightened out in a businesslike way. Had it not moved quickly to put its
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