The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will provide heated swimming facilities in 16 public pools this winter.

Eleven pools - Morrison Hill, Island East, Lai Chi Kok Park, Tai Kok Tsui, Ho Man Tin, Hammer Hill Road, Shing Mun Valley, Fanling, Sha Tin Jockey Club, Hin Tin and Tseung Kwan O - will be heated from tomorrow.

Due to maintenance work five pools - Wan Chai, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon Park, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long - will open on different dates. For details click here.

Three pools without heating - Victoria Park, Kennedy Town and Kowloon Tsai - will remain open from 6.30am to noon daily until November 30.

Weekly cleaning of the 16 heated pools will start from 10am and finish by the end of the second opening session. For the cleaning schedule click here.

Lifeguard services at five beaches in Southern District and 19 in the New Territories will be suspended from November 1 to March 31.

Lifeguard services at four beaches in the Southern District - Repulse Bay, Middle Bay, Stanley Main and Big Wave Bay - will continue from 9am to 6pm daily in November and in March.

But at Deep Water Bay Beach lifeguard services will be maintained from 9am to 6pm in November and March, and from 8am to 5pm from December 1 to February 29.

For New Territories beaches winter lifeguard services will continue from 8am to 5pm daily from November 1 to March 31 at Clear Water Bay Second, Silverstrand and Golden Beaches.

For a list of beaches where lifeguard services will be suspended click here.