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King's Landing and Drowning | Tian Beichen: There is a system that can automatically alert the LCSD and the swimming pool should be installed

2022-05-29T15:37:37.820Z


Two girls drowned in the swimming pool of the King's Landing Club in Tsim Sha Tsui a few days ago, and one of them died after being sent to the hospital. It is understood that the two 7-year-old girls knew how to swim themselves and were accompanied by their family members. The pool was 1.5 meters deep and there were two


Two girls drowned in the swimming pool of the King's Landing Club in Tsim Sha Tsui a few days ago, and one of them died after being sent to the hospital.

It is understood that the two 7-year-old girls knew how to swim and were accompanied by their family members at the time. The pool was 1.5 meters deep and two lifeguards were on duty. However, the two girls were not found to be drowning and calling for help at the time of the incident. reason.


Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Roundtable on Actual Politics, pointed out that a few years ago, there were primary and secondary schools and swimming schools in Hong Kong, and the automatic detection of drowning alarm systems was introduced in swimming pools. The clubhouse of the housing estate and the swimming pool of the LCSD have not been installed. The Government is requested to take the lead in installing the swimming pool of the LCSD as soon as possible.


Government Response: The "upgraded" system that has been developed is difficult to test due to the impact of the epidemic

Tian Beichen told "Hong Kong 01" that he had learned from swimming coaches that in ordinary drowning incidents, the parties involved may not struggle, but sink directly to the bottom of the pool without responding. , plus the pool is sometimes crowded, increasing the difficulty of discovery.

He recalled that about 5 or 6 years ago, a school began to introduce a system called "Poseidon", which uses infrared technology to detect people in the swimming pool. If someone is found to remain motionless for 10 seconds, an alarm will be issued to remind them to save them. , thinks it is quite useful, "even if the lifeguards are not allowed to swim to the bottom, the swimmers next to them can be saved."

Tian pointed out that it is difficult to know the number of swimming pools that have adopted the relevant system, but it is believed to be very few.

He pointed out that the cost of adding the system is about 2 million yuan. In private housing estates, if the swimming pool of the clubhouse is not installed during the construction, it is indeed difficult for the owner to raise additional funds to purchase it.

However, he believes that the government should take the lead in installing relevant systems in the LCSD swimming pool first, so that other institutions or developers can understand its importance.

Tian Beichen later added that he had just learned from the government that the initial response from the officials was that they had actually started researching a similar system several years ago, but they thought that the current system was not perfect and could only detect immobile people, not some struggling ones. of drowning victims, and partnered with a local university to develop a further system that can detect both motionless people and unusual movements in the water.

The official mentioned that his research work has been done seven to seventy-eight, but later due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the public swimming pool was closed many times, and it was impossible to officially test in a multi-person swimming pool, so it has not been launched so far.

Tian Beichen asked the department to speed up its research work and launch an "upgraded" security system. "Especially after the long summer vacation and the government reopening the swimming pool, more and more people go, and more emphasis should be placed on safety."

Tian Beichen.

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Drowning in Junlin Tianxia|Two girls were accompanied by their families and the lifeguards on duty did not hear the cries for help Two girls drowned in Junlin Tianxia swimming pool, one died and one was in critical condition death in hospital

Source: hk1

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