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If you fancy a dip in this pool, you'll need a head for heights - it's 55 storeys up.
But swimming to the edge won't be quite as risky as it looks. While the water in the infinity pool seems to end in a sheer drop, it actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into the main pool. At three times the length of an Olympic pool and 650ft up, it is the largest outdoor pool in the world at that height.
It features in the impressive, boat-shaped 'SkyPark' perched atop the three towers that make up the world's most expensive hotel, the £4billion Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore . 

Don't look down: A guest swims in the infinity pool of the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay Sands hotel towers - 55 storeys over the city of Singapore yesterday

The view over the side: An artist's impression shows the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay Sands hotel towers, including the infinity pool

The hotel, which has 2,560 rooms costing from £350 a night, was officially opened yesterday with a concert by Diana Ross.
The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi , estimated to have cost £2billion when it opened in 2004, was previously the world's most expensive hotel.
But with its indoor canal, opulent art, casino, outdoor plaza, convention centre, theatre, crystal pavilion and museum shaped like a lotus flower, the Marina Bay Sands has taken its crown.

 The infinity pool on the roof is in the 'SkyPark' which spans the three towers of the hotel. The platform itself is longer than the Eiffel tower laid down and is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Infinity pools give the effect that the water extends to the horizon. In reality, the water spills over the edge into a catchment below, and is then pumped back into the pool. The pools have two circulation systems. The first functions like that of a regular pool, filtering and heating the water in the main pool. The second filters the water in the catch basin and returns it to the upper pool

12-hour Manila hostage ordeal is over

The 12-hour standoff on a hijacked bus in the Philippines has come to an end. 21 Chinese nationals were held captive in a tourist bus taken by a dismissed policeman on Monday. 8 were killed in the incident.
Around 9 o'clock in the morning, local time, passengers from a tour arranged by the Kang Thai Travel Agency boarded the bus. The gunman then violently hijacked the vehicle. There were 25 people on the bus, including 20 Hong Kong tourists, a Hong Kong tour guide, and 4 Philippine citizens. Police say the hijacker was armed with M16 rifles.
At 10 a.m., after the hijacker announced his intentions, a tourist called the travel agency office in Hong Kong, informing people there of the incident.
The police then arrived. The road was cordoned off, with the bus isolated inside a park. Several ambulances and a fire engine were on standby. Staff members from the Chinese Embassy came to the spot to help with the rescue work. The President of the Philippines called on the hijacker to respect people's lives.
Between 10 a.m. and noon, 2 older Hong Kong tourists were released.
Then, 3 Hong Kong children, one Hong Kong woman, and one Philippine tour guide were released. Police offered food for those remaining on bus, and fuel to keep the air conditioning going during the heat.
At 4 p.m. 2 Philippine citizens were released.
In the late afternoon, it rained in Manila.
At around 7:20 p.m., the bus driver suddenly escaped, saying  the gunman had fired on the hostages on the bus.
At about 7:30 p.m., the police surrounded the bus.
At 7:40 p.m., the gunmen posted demands through the bus window, indicating his intention to release the hostages.

At around 9 o'clock p.m., the police stormed the bus, and shot the gunman, Rolando Mendoza dead. Then at least 4 hostages were seen getting off the bus alive. The 10-hour event was finally over.