Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library, Public library in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library is a public library in the Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Leisure and Cultural Building, in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. It spans several floors and offers reading rooms, multimedia spaces, and exhibition galleries.
The library opened in 2013, replacing a temporary facility that had served the area before. It was built during a period when Tin Shui Wai was growing and needed more permanent public services.
The library's name combines Ping Shan and Tin Shui Wai, and at 31 Roman letters it is the longest English name in Hong Kong's public library system. Its 1/F teenage library was only the second such facility in the network, and the 3/F "Novel World" area is devoted to fiction. On 11 October 2013 about 70 secondary students stayed overnight for activities, the first Hong Kong public library to host a night event.
The library is quietest in the morning and early afternoon, as more visitors tend to arrive later in the day. Coming early gives you more space to move around and find a good spot to read or work.
The building includes outdoor reading and study areas, which are rare in Hong Kong's network of public libraries. On quieter days, visitors use these open spaces to read or study outside, away from the indoor rooms.
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