Two girls drowned in the swimming pool of a private housing estate club in May this year.
Regarding the installation of a drowning detection system in public swimming pools, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau submitted a written reply to the Legislative Council today, stating that it has studied some systems used in local private and school swimming pools, but after considering a number of factors, it is considered that the relevant systems Not suitable; the development of a suitable drowning detection system will continue, and the first trial of the system has been carried out in mid-June. The R&D team will install the system in one of the public swimming pools for further testing later.
Legislative Council member Tian Beichen responded that the authorities' response was inexcusable, and the reasons for questioning the authorities' claim that the drowning detection system currently used in some local private and school swimming pools is unsuitable are untenable.
LCSD has studied the existing drowning detection system and found that it is not suitable for use in public swimming pools
The Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism submitted a written reply to the Legislative Council today, stating that as the usage and number of people in public swimming pools are much higher than those in general private and school swimming pools, and the users also have different swimming habits, it is inappropriate to directly compare the two. .
The bureau continued to point out that the LCSD has studied some drowning detection systems used in local private and school swimming pools in the past, taking into account factors such as function, applicable environment/situation, setting requirements, impact on swimmers’ privacy, success rate and cost, etc. Later, it was considered that these systems were not suitable for use in public swimming pools for the time being.
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LCSD will continue to develop the system The first trial of the system was carried out in mid-June
The bureau pointed out that the LCSD will continue to develop a suitable drowning detection system for testing in public swimming pools, and explained that in the past two years, public swimming pools have been affected by the new crown epidemic and need to be closed intermittently, affecting the system testing.
However, with the reopening of public swimming pools in mid-May, the LCSD has immediately contacted the relevant R&D team to restart the test in the public swimming pool. The first test was carried out in mid-June, and the R&D team will install the system in one of the public swimming pools later. further testing.
Tian Beichen pointed out that the response of the authorities was insignificant.
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Members of Parliament criticize the answer to the question of why the authorities insist on research and development
Legislative Council member Tian Beichen responded that the authorities' response was insignificant, pointing out that the cost of life-saving equipment should not be discussed. The reason for its own development.
He criticized that if the authorities do not change and continue to respond to the questions of Legislative Council members with this mentality, the "results as the goal" mentioned by Chief Executive Li Jiachao will only be empty talk.
In response to the authorities' reply that the systems currently used by some swimming pools in Hong Kong involve privacy issues, he continued to question that the authorities have not looked at them carefully. According to his earlier visits to a primary school's swimming pool, it was difficult for the system to take pictures of people. Compared with pixels, it is more difficult to detect faces, and the relevant system has also been certified by the EU for privacy compliance. Tian Beichen pointed out that if the authorities refuse to use the existing system because of the impact on the privacy of swimmers, it is unreasonable.
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