Public library opening hours during Lunar New Year holidays

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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (February 2) announced that Hong Kong public libraries, including the Hong Kong Central Library and the mobile libraries, will be closed at 5pm on Lunar New Year's Eve (February 15), except for those libraries closed on Thursdays and the Provisional North Lamma Public Library Service Stop which will close at 4.30pm.

     All public and mobile libraries and students' study rooms will be closed from February 16 to 18.

     Apart from those libraries closed on Mondays, the opening hours of all public libraries on February 19 will be the same as those for public holidays.

     Moreover, system maintenance work will be carried out from 6pm on February 15 to 6.30am on February 19, during which the following services will be suspended:

library mobile app services and 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 website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/opening-hours.html. For enquiries, please call 2921 0208.

Ends/Friday, February 2, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00

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