SSC Conventional Swimming Pools To Close For Half Day Once A Week For Dedicated Cleaning Works

24 MAR 2010

SSC Conventional Swimming Pools To Close For Half-Day Once A Week For Dedicated Cleaning Works

Singapore, 24 March 2010 - Starting from 5 April 2010, all of the Singapore Sports Council’s (SSC) 20 conventional swimming pools will be closed for a half-day once a week to enable for dedicated and comprehensive upkeep and maintenance works such as horticulture work, de-rusting and painting while minimising inconvenience to pool visitors.

  1. The operating hours of the SSC conventional pools on their designated days of closure will be 2.30pm to 9.30 pm. However, all the swimming pools will remain open on public holidays, even if they fall on the designated pool closure days. A schedule of the pool closures can be found in Annex A.

  2. “The SSC is dedicated to providing safe and clean facilities for the public. Hence, closing our swimming pools for a half-day once a week would greatly facilitate our cleaning and maintenance operations, thus allowing us to further enhance the ambience and cleanliness of our pools for the enjoyment by the public,” said Mr Kenneth Hui, Chief, Sports Facilities Group, Singapore Sports Council.

  3. To further minimise inconvenience to the public, the schedule of the pool closures is done in a way such that there will at least be one nearby alternative swimming pool within the same zone that the public can visit, should the pool that they wish to visit is closed.

Annex A: Schedule of Pool Closures

  Closed Pools Alternative Pools    
Monday Clementi Buona Vista, Queenstown    
  Geylang East Jalan Besar, Kallang Basin, Katong    
  MOE Co-Curricular Activities Branch Delta, Buona Vista Choa Chu Kang* Bukit Batok, Woodlands
  Jurong East* Bukit Batok, Jurong West*    
  Sengkang* Hougang, Serangoon    
Tuesday Buona Vista Clementi, MOE Co-Curricular Activites Branch, Queenstown    
  Delta MOE Co-Curricular Activites Branch, Queenstown    
  Hougang Sengkang, Serangoon    
  Katong Geylang East, Kallang Basin    
  Tampines Bedok    
  Toa Payoh Kallang Basin, Bishan    
  Jurong West* Jurong East*    
Wednesday Ang Mo Kio Bishan, Serangoon, Yio Chu Kang    
  Bukit Batok Choa Chu Kang, Jurong East    
  Jalan Besar Geylang East    
  Kallang Basin Katong, Geylang East, Toa Payoh    
  Queenstown Buona Vista, Clementi, Delta    
  Yishun Yio Chu Kang, Woodlands    
Thursday Bedok Tampines    
  Bishan Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh    
  Serangoon Ang Mo Kio, Hougang, Sengkang    
  Yio Chu Kang Ang Mo Kio, Yishun    
  Woodlands Choa Chu Kang*, Yishun    

Note: Special feature pools are denoted by an * and are closed for a full day once a week. This started when special pool features were first introduced and has been ongoing since then.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Dominic Tay
Assistant Director
Public and Media Relations
Singapore Sports Council
Office: 6500 5247
Email: Dominic_Tay@ssc.gov.sg

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