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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will implement special opening hours for its cultural venues and URBTIX outlets during the Lunar New Year holidays.
February 2 (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 Cultural Centre, 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. The URBTIX outlets at these venues will also close at 5.30pm.
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be partially closed for a rehearsal of the Chinese New Year Night Parade.
The URBTIX outlets at Happy Sound Music Ltd Mong Kok Branch and AsiaWorld-Arena will open as usual while the outlets at Hong Kong Arts Centre will close at 2pm, the outlet at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity will close at 3pm, the outlet at Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre will close at 4pm, the outlet at Youth Square will close at 5.30pm and the outlets at all Tom Lee branches will close at 6.30pm.
February 3 (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, 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.
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be closed from noon for a rehearsal and performance of the Chinese New Year Night Parade.
The URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, 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 http://www.urbtix.hk will be suspended from 10.30pm on February 3 to 8.30am on February 4.
February 4 (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. 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 5 (3rd day of Lunar New Year)
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Hong Kong Coliseum, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong City Hall Low Block, Sha Tin Town Hall and Tsuen Wan Town Hall and their URBTIX outlets will open as usual. Hong Kong City Hall High Block will be closed for the day.
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 6 (4th day of Lunar New Year)
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The cultural venues of LCSD and their URBTIX outlets will resume normal opening hours.
The URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, Youth Square and Happy Sound Music Ltd Mong Kok Branch will open as usual while the outlet at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity will open from 10am to 3pm and the outlet at Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre and Hong Kong Arts Centre will open from noon to 6pm. The outlet at AsiaWorld-Arena will be closed for the day.
The URBTIX telephone booking hotline 2111 5999 will maintain normal service from 10am to 8pm daily throughout the holiday period from February 2 to February 6.
Ends/Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Issued at HKT 12:41
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