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(c) The scum gutters and walls of the pool tanks are cleaned when the swimming pools are closed or during off-peak periods.
(d) The bottom of the pool tanks is cleaned twice a week, usually on Monday and Thursday evenings when the swimming pools are closed, so as to remove the dirt deposited at the bottom of the pool tanks.
To ensure that the pool water is clean and hygienic, the free residual chlorine level is maintained at the level of 0.5-1.0 parts per million (p.p.m.) for adequate disinfection, whereas the PH value is maintained at a level of 7.2-7.8 to provide swimmers with the desirable water quality.
The fourth part of the question is about the current staffing position of the Council's swimming pools and the average number of staff responsible for cleaning swimming pools at each swimming pool venue.
At present, the establishment of a standard swimming pool venue generally includes five Amenities Assistants, two Clerical Assistants, three Artisans (Filtration Plant), twenty lifeguards and a number of temporary Workmen are hired on a need basis to maintain order at the gates and changing rooms. The staff are divided into two groups and work in two shifts, namely the morning shift and the afternoon shift.
The general cleaning duties for the swimming pool venues are mainly carried out by cleaning contractors who will, depending on the size of the swimming pool complex, deploy three to five workers to station in the complex to perform the daily cleaning duties. As to the cleaning of the pool tanks, including the scum gutters, walls and bottoms of the pool tanks etc., it is carried out by lifeguards.
In the fifth part of the question, Ms. Au asks when the Council decided to open the swimming pools on a non-sessional basis and what the reasons for making such decision were.
From May to October 1987, the Department adopted the non-sessional opening arrangement at the Chai Wan Swimming Pool and Lei Cheng Uk Swimming Pool on a trial basis with a view to attracting more people to use public swimming pools. Results of the trial indicated that swimming pools with non-sessional opening hours were more popular than those which were opened by three sessions. Consequently, in January 1988, the Council approved that non-sessional opening hours be implemented at all public swimming pools (except the Victoria Park Swimming Pool and Morrison Hill Swimming Pool). Later, to facilitate members of the public and organizations in using the Victoria Park Swimming Pool, Morrison Hill Swimming Pool and Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, non-sessional opening hours were also adopted in these swimming pools since April 1994. Subsequently, all newly constructed swimming pools also open on a non-sessional basis.
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(c) The scum gutters and walls of the pool tanks are cleaned when the
swimming pools are closed or during off-peak periods.
(d) The bottom of the pool tanks is cleaned twice a week, usually in Monday and Thursday evenings when the swimming pools are closed. so as to remove the dirt deposited at the bottom of the pool tanks.
To ensure that the pool water is clean and hygienic, the free residual chlorine level is maintained at the level of 0.5-1.0 parts per million (p.p.m.) for adequate disinfection, whereas the PH value is maintained at a level of 7.2-7.8 to provide swimmers with the desirable water quality.
The fourth part of the question is about the current staffing position of the Council's swimming pools and the average number of staff responsible for cleaning swimming pools at each swimming pool venue.
At present, the establishment of a standard swimming pool venue generally includes five Amenities Assistants, two Clerical Assistants, three Artisans (Filtration Plant), twenty lifeguards and a number of temporary Workman is hired on a need basis to maintain order at the gates and changing rooms. The staff are divided into two groups and work in two shifts, namely the morning shift and the afternoon shift.
The general cleaning duties for the swimming pool venues are mainly carried out by cleaning contractors who will, depending on the size of the swimming pool complex, deploy three to five workers to station in the complex to perform the daily cleaning duties. As to the cleaning of the pool tanks. including the scum guiters, walls and bottoms of the pool tanks etc., it is carried out by lifeguards.
In the fifth part of the question, Ms. Au asks when the Council decided to open the swimming pools on a non-sessional basis and what the reasons for making such decision were.
From May to October 1987, the Department adopted the non-sessional opening arrangement at the Chai Wan Swimming Pool and Lei Cheng Uk Swimming Pool on a trial basis with a view to attracting more people to use public swimming pools. Results of the trial indicated that swimming pools with non-sessional opening hours were more popular than those which were opened by three sessions. Consequently, in January 1988, the Council approved that non-sessional opening hours be implemented at all public swimming pools (except the Victoria Park Swimming Pool and Morrison Hill Swimming Pool). Later, to facilitate members of the public and organizations in using the Victoria Park Swimming Pool, Morrison Hill Swimming Pool and Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, non-sessional opening hours were also adopted in these swimming pools since April 1994. Subsequently, all newly constructed swimming pools also open on a non-sessional basis.
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