North Kwai Chung Public Library, Public library in Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong.
North Kwai Chung Public Library occupies the third and fourth floors of a building shared with North Kwai Chung Market on Shek Yam Road in Sheung Kwai Chung, Kwai Tsing District. The market fills the ground floor and second floor. Inside the library are an adult library, a children's library, a computer and information centre, a promotion activity room, a newspaper reading area, a reference library and a students' study room.
North Kwai Chung Public Library opened on 18 April 1984, and the North Kwai Chung Market in the same building opened on 14 August of that year. Both were originally managed by the Regional Services Department; after the Regional Council and the department were dissolved, the library passed to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the market to the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
The library sits inside a market building, which sets it apart from most public libraries in Hong Kong. Visitors often come to read or study while the market below continues its daily rhythm.
Access to the library goes through the market building on the ground floor, where stairs and elevators lead up to the library floors. Morning visits tend to be quieter, as afternoons draw more students after school hours.
The library provides dedicated study rooms during examination seasons, divided into several sessions throughout the day. These rooms fill up quickly among local students and are a feature not found in all branches of the Hong Kong Public Libraries network.
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