[1] On 5 January 1960 the chairman of the Urban Council announced that a swimming pool would be built at Kowloon Tsai, on an area of land levelled to provide a safer approach for aircraft approaching the new runway at Kai Tak Airport.

[3][1] Works began on 30 March 1962 by contractors Hung Yue and Co.[4] The pool's opening date was delayed by slow construction.

[7] Sir David unveiled a memorial plaque at the pool's entrance and fired a pistol to start the first school swimming race held there.

The opening of the pool was publicised internationally in a British Pathé newsreel, which stated a construction cost of £125,000 and highlighted the lack of bathing beaches in the densely populated vicinity.

[10] Originally, the pool's operation hours would end at 4:00 pm because it was situated under the airport flight path, hence the Civil Aviation Department prohibited the use of outdoor floodlighting there.