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Chai Wan Pools Complex [c.1980- ]

Date Place completed: 
c.1980-01-01 (Year is approximate)

Lei Cheung Uk Swimming Pool

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2018

Taken from Tai Po Road looking west.

Tai Wan Shan swimming pool [1977- ]

Date Place completed: 
c.1977-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

A government report dates the opening to 1977:

Previous place(s) at this location: 

1965 Swimming Pools of Victoria Park in Causeway Bay = 銅鑼灣維多利亞公園游泳池

70 Tai Hang Road and Grandview Mansion on the extreme left hand side.

Bay View Mansion (at the junction of Causeqay Road and Moreton Terrace) under construction.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1965

1975 Looking west to the Lei Cheng Uk Swimming Pools, Lei Cheng Uk Estate is in the background 向西看李鄭屋游泳池,李鄭屋村在其後方

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1975

Lei Cheng Uk Swimming Pool

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1972

Pak Sha Wan swimming pool and changing rooms [????- ]

Morrison Hill Swimming Pool [1972- ]

Date Place completed: 
1972-01-01
Previous place(s) at this location: 

The Ritz Ballroom, Swimming Pool & Garden / Lady Park Recreation Club, North Point [1941-????]

Date Place completed: 
1941-05-17

Timeline:

Kowloon Tsai swimming pool [1964- ]

Date Place completed: 
1964-01-01

Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool, in Kowloon Tsai Park, opened in 1964 as the first public swimming pool in Kowloon. The opening of the facility was publicised internationally in a British Pathé newsreel, which stated a construction cost of £125,000 and highlighted the lack of bathing beaches in the densely populated vicinity

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/hong-kongs-in-the-swim/query/Kowloon

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