Public library opening hours for Christmas and New Year holidays

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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (December 15) announced that Hong Kong public libraries, including the Hong Kong Central Library and the mobile libraries, will close at 5pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (December 31), with the exception of North Lamma Provisional Service Stop and South Lamma Public Library, which are always closed on Sundays.

     On Christmas Day (December 25), Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year's Day (January 1, 2018), all public and mobile libraries and students' study rooms will be closed.

     Moreover, system maintenance work will be carried out from 6pm on December 24 to midnight on December 26, and from 8am to midnight on January 1, during which the following services will be suspended:
- library mobile app services, Internet and telephone renewal services;
- other online library services, including the library catalogue, borrowers' record enquiries, reservation of library materials and Internet and Digital Service Workstations, the Multimedia Information System and electronic resources (e-Books and e-Databases); and
- the self-service library station (readers may return books to the station before their due date, and the loan record will be updated on the next working day)

     Details can be obtained from notices posted at all public libraries and the library website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/opening-hours.html. For enquiries, please call 2921 0208.

Ends/Friday, December 15, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:30

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