Tsing Yi Swimming Pool (Chinese: 青衣游泳池) is a public swimming pool on Tsing Yi Island, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is near the east shore of the island, between Maritime Square and Tsing Yi Sports Ground. Currently, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong Government.
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| 22°21′26″N 114°06′28″E / 22.35722°N 114.10778°E | |
| Location | 51 Tsing King Road, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong |
| Opened | 30 September 1996 |
| Operated by | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
| Type | Open air |
| Website | Official website |
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| Chinese | 青衣游泳池 | ||||||||||
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History
editThe swimming pool was built and planned at the same time as the adjacent Tsing Yi Sports Ground. Both facilities were designed by the Architectural Services Department and planned by the former Regional Council.[1] The site was also supposed to accommodate an indoor recreation centre, but it was thought that the development would be too cramped and so the centre was deleted from the plans in 1992.[1]
The pool complex was designed with a capacity of 1,000 swimmers. It opened on 30 September 1996.[2]
Facilities
edit- Main pool (50 metres (160 ft))
- Teaching pool
- Leisure pool with water slides
- Spectator stand (covered, 974 seats)
References
edit- ^ a b "60LS - Swimming Pool Complex and 199LS - Sportsground, Area 3, Tsing Yi Upgrading to Category II". Regional Council. 30 December 1992.
- ^ "Minutes of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Meeting of the Recreation and Culture Select Committee of the Regional Council held on Tuesday, 8 October 1996 at 2:30 p.m. in the Main Chamber on the 1/F of the Regional Council Building". Shatin, Hong Kong: Regional Council Secretariat. 7 November 1996. p. 15.
External links
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- "Beaches and pools". Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2011-11-29.