The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will implement special opening hours at its performance venues and URBTIX outlets during the Lunar New Year holidays, an LCSD spokesman announced today (February 1). Details are as follows:

February 15 (Lunar New Year's Eve)

Performance venues and URBTIX outlets	Opening hours
Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium (including the Leisure Link Booking Office) and their URBTIX outlets	Open as usual
URBTIX outlets at Parsons Music Yau Tong Branch and Youth Square	Open as usual
URBTIX outlet at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity	To close at 3pm
URBTIX outlet at Hong Kong Arts Centre	To close at 3.30pm
URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches	To close at 4.30pm
Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong City Hall, Ko Shan Theatre, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Yau Ma Tei Theatre, Sha Tin Town Hall, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, North District Town Hall, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Tai Po Civic Centre, Tuen Mun Town Hall and Yuen Long Theatre and their URBTIX outlets	To close at 5.30pm
Ko Shan Theatre New Wing	To close at 5.30pm
URBTIX outlet at Ko Shan Theatre New Wing	Closed
Remarks: The Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be partially closed for rehearsal of the Chinese New Year Night Parade.

February 16 (the first day of the Lunar New Year)

Performance venues and URBTIX outlets	Opening hours
Hong Kong Coliseum and its URBTIX outlet	Open as usual
Exhibition Gallery on the seventh floor of Hong Kong City Hall High Block	9am to 8pm
Ko Shan Theatre	6pm to 11pm
URBTIX outlet at Ko Shan Theatre	6pm to 9.30pm
Other performance venues and their URBTIX outlets	Closed
URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Youth Square and Parsons Music Yau Tong Branch	Closed
Remarks: The Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be closed from noon for rehearsal and performance of the Chinese New Year Night Parade.

February 17 (the second day of the Lunar New Year)

Performance venues and URBTIX outlets	Opening hours
Hong Kong Coliseum and Hong Kong City Hall Low Block and their URBTIX outlets	Open as usual
Exhibition Gallery on the seventh floor of Hong Kong City Hall High Block	9am to 8pm
Hong Kong Cultural Centre	2pm to 11pm
URBTIX outlet at Hong Kong Cultural Centre	2pm to 9.30pm
Ko Shan Theatre	6pm to 11pm
URBTIX outlet at Ko Shan Theatre	6pm to 9.30pm
Other performance venues and their URBTIX outlets	Closed
URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Youth Square and Parsons Music Yau Tong Branch	Closed

February 18 (the third day of the Lunar New Year)

Performance venues and URBTIX outlets	Opening hours
Hong Kong Coliseum, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong City Hall Low Block, Sha Tin Town Hall, Yuen Long Theatre and Tuen Mun Town Hall and their URBTIX outlets	Open as usual
URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches and Youth Square	Open as usual
Hong Kong City Hall High Block	9am to 10pm
Ko Shan Theatre	9am to 6pm
URBTIX outlet at Ko Shan Theatre	10am to 6pm
Other performance venues and their URBTIX outlets	Closed
URBTIX outlets at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Parsons Music Yau Tong Branch	Closed

February 19 (the fourth day of the Lunar New Year)

Performance venues and URBTIX outlets	Opening hours
All performance venues and their URBTIX outlets	Open as usual
URBTIX outlets at all Tom Lee branches, Youth Square and Parsons Music Yau Tong Branch	Open as usual
URBTIX outlets at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity and Hong Kong Arts Centre	Closed

     From February 15 to 19, the URBTIX Internet booking website (www.urbtix.hk) and the mobile ticketing app "My URBTIX" (Android and iPhone versions) will maintain normal services, and both the credit card telephone booking hotline 2111 5999 and the ticketing enquiries hotline 3761 6661 will maintain normal services from 10am to 8pm daily.

Ends/Thursday, February 1, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00

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