Is the swimming pool just a general leisure sports venue? In Hong Kong after World War II, public swimming pools and beaches were closely related to social life and even political development. The following will focus on the development history of swimming pools and beaches in modern Hong Kong to analyze the interaction between the development of public swimming pools and beaches in Hong Kong and Hong Kong's politics, society and culture.
How can swimming, a leisure sport suitable for all ages, become a tool to help the British Hong Kong government sort out the problems of Special Database young people in Hong Kong and improve the quality of life of the people? The June 7 riots and the development of swimming pools and beaches The book Leisure, Seaside and Sea Bathing: A History of Swimming in Hong Kong, written by Pan Shuhua and Huang Yonghao, analyzed the post-war development of swimming pools in relation to the social riots (June 7 riots) that occurred in Hong Kong in 1966 and 1967. The book pointed out that in the ten years after 1966, the government built public swimming pools such as Aberdeen and Tai Wan Shan, and beent propaganda film called "Hong Kong In
The Swim" shot in 1964, it can be seen that the British Hong Kong government regards public swimming pools and beaches as important facilities to solve people's livelihood problems. First of all, the video mentioned that since there were no beaches in Kowloon at that time, the government emphasized that it invested 125,000 pounds to build a swimming pool to serve 600,000 citizens, and also emphasized that the swimming pool was in line with Olympic standards. The clip also deliberately created a scene of men, women and children swimming harmoniously and happily, showing that Hong Kong's social culture is more open, and women dare to wear sexy bikini swimsuits. This film seems to make people forget the various social problems in Hong Kong at that time, such as corruption, labor disputes, inflation, etc. It also made the Hong Kong people at that time feel that