It is a gazetted beach with lifeguards provided by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in the daytime during the summer months.

The Hong Kong University Alumni Association inaugurated a swimming pavilion at Middle Bay in 1957.

[2] In the late 1960s, the Urban Council moved to gradually replace bathing sheds with public changing rooms.

The boat did not stop, and sped off in the direction of Deep Water Bay before police arrived.

One of the injured swimmers, 24-year-old Alun Chan Hon-wah, had to have his foot and part of his lower leg amputated.