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Free admission tickets to Museum of Art, Science Museum and Exhibition Halls as well as the Stanley Ho Space Theatre of Space Museum on July 1 and 2 were all snapped up yesterday, while some tickets for the Heritage Museum, Museum of History, Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum and Museum of Coastal Defence are still available for collection at 34 URBTIX outlets, a spokesman for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD announced today (June 25).
The LCSD offers free admission to its fee-charging museums on July 1 and 2 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Distribution of some 59,000 free tickets for the museums open days started yesterday (June 24).
The spokesman added that visitors have to produce valid tickets or museum pass for admission to LCSD museums on the two days. Weekly Pass, however, is not applicable to the Museum of Art's "The Pride of China: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties from the Palace Museum" exhibition and Science Museum's "Soaring Dinosaurs: Chinese Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life" exhibition.
LCSD indoor sports facilities will also be opened free on July 1 and 2. They include 88 sports centres, 19 badminton, squash and table tennis venues, Queen Elizabeth Stadium (badminton courts, squash courts and table tennis room) and 36 public swimming pools (except Wan Chai).
Booking of LCSD indoor sports facilities can be made at any of the Leisure Link counters on a first-come, first-served basis. Booking services on internet and telephone will not be provided. Each person can book only one session of one facility for each of the two days.
For free admission to LCSD swimming pools, no prior booking is required. Interested parties can go directly to the swimming pools during the opening hours on July 1 and 2.
For details of the free admission to LCSD venues, the addresses of the URBTIX outlets and the Leisure Link counters, please visit the LCSD's website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/specials/10/en/index.php.
Ends/Monday, June 25, 2007
Issued at HKT 19:22
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