South Kwai Chung Public Library, Public library in Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong.
South Kwai Chung Public Library is housed on the fourth floor of the Kwai Hing Government Offices and serves the local community with books, digital materials, and computer facilities. The space includes reading zones, workstations, and collections available in both Cantonese and English.
South Kwai Chung Public Library opened on 9 January 1984 on the fifth floor of the Kwai Hing Government Offices, replacing the earlier Kwai Chung Public Library. The opening ceremony was attended by Urban Services Department director Bannister and Tsuen Wan district councillors Lam Yau-kwong, Cheng Wing-lut and Lee Nai-yuen. The next day the Cultural Services Department held an event there displaying rare books from its collection. In 2005 the Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced the children's library section would be renovated.
The facility maintains specialized collections and multimedia services that support both Cantonese and English language materials for the local community.
The library occupies the fourth floor of the Kwai Hing Government Offices at 166–174 Hing Fong Road. It opened there on 9 January 1984, having previously been on the fifth floor of the same building. The floor is reached by lift from the ground floor.
At its opening on 9 January 1984, the library held about 70,000 books and 200 periodicals, and the Cultural Services Department held an event there the next day displaying rare books from its collection.
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