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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will implement special opening hours for its cultural venues and URBTIX outlets during the Lunar New Year holidays.
February 13 (Lunar New Year's Eve)
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Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium and the URBTIX outlets in the two venues will open as usual.
Hong Kong City Hall, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Ko Shan Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, Sha Tin Town Hall, Yuen Long Theatre, Tai Po Civic Centre, North District Town Hall, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Tsuen Wan Town Hall and Tuen Mun Town Hall will close at 5.30pm, while the Hong Kong Cultural Centre will close at 6pm. The URBTIX outlets at these venues will close at 5.30pm.
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be partially closed for the rehearsal of the Chinese New Year Night Parade.
The URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches and the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity will close at 6.30pm and noon respectively while the outlets at Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Happy Sound Music Ltd Mong Kok Branch will open as usual. The outlets at Youth Square and AsiaWorld-Arena will be closed for the day.
Due to system maintenance, the URBTIX Internet ticketing service at website www.urbtix.hk will be suspended from 10.30pm on February 13 to 8.30am on February 14.
February 14 (1st day of Lunar New Year)
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Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium and the URBTIX outlets in the two venues will open as usual.
Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong City Hall (except the Marriage Registry at High Block which will open from 9am to 4.45pm), Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, Ko Shan Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sha Tin Town Hall, Yuen Long Theatre, Tai Po Civic Centre, North District Town Hall, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Tsuen Wan Town Hall and Tuen Mun Town Hall will be closed for the day.
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be closed from 2pm for the performance of the Chinese New Year Night Parade.
The URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Happy Sound Music Ltd Mong Kok Branch, Youth Square, AsiaWorld-Arena and HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity will be closed.
Due to system maintenance, the URBTIX Internet ticketing service at website www.urbtix.hk will be suspended from 10.30pm today (February 14) until 8.30am tomorrow (February 15).
February 15 (2nd day of Lunar New Year)
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Hong Kong Coliseum, Queen Elizabeth Stadium and the Hong Kong City Hall Low Block and their URBTIX outlets will open as usual. The Hong Kong City Hall High Block will be closed for the day.
Hong Kong Cultural Centre will open from 2pm to 11pm and its URBTIX outlet will open from 2pm to 9.30pm.
Other venues will be closed.
The URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Happy Sound Music Ltd Mong Kok Branch, Youth Square, AsiaWorld-Arena and HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity will be closed.
February 16 (3rd day of Lunar New Year)
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Hong Kong Coliseum, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Hong Kong City Hall Low Block and Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre and their URBTIX outlets will open as usual. The Hong Kong City Hall High Block will be closed for the whole day.
Kwai Tsing Theatre and its URBTIX outlet will open from 11am to 6pm, while Yuen Long Theatre will open from 6pm to 11pm and its URBTIX outlet will open from 6pm to 9.30pm
Other venues will be closed.
The URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches will open as usual while the outlets at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Happy Sound Music Ltd Mong Kok Branch, Youth Square, AsiaWorld-Arena and HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity will be closed.
February 17 (4th day of Lunar New Year)
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All venues and URBTIX outlets will resume normal opening hours.
The URBTIX telephone booking hotline 2111 5999 and reservation hotline 2734 9009 will maintain normal service from 10am to 8pm daily throughout the holiday period from February 13-17.
Ends/Monday, February 8, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:03
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