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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts
Hong Kong Space Museum
In 2013, the Hong Kong Space Museum presented one Sky Show, four OMNIMAX Shows, one 3D fulldome show and two School Shows at its Stanley Ho Space Theatre. Stargazing and family programmes were held regularly in its stargazing facilities of the Astropark and iObservatory in Sai Kung.
With sponsorship by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the museum provided 30 local secondary students with an eight-day astronaut training and study tour at the China Astronaut Research and Training Center and Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The museum also presented the 'Chang'e 3 Lunar Exploration Mission' exhibition to commemorate China's first soft landing of a lunar rover.
Some 877,200 people visited the museum's exhibitions and shows in the Space Theatre, while 22,119 people took part in the educational and extension programmes in 2013.
Hong Kong Film Archive
In 2013, the Hong Kong Film Archive attracted over 179,600 visitors. In addition to its permanent exhibition, 'In Memory of Queen's Theatre, it organised three thematic exhibitions: 'Zen and Sensibility: Legend in King Hu's Drawing', 'Golden Harvest: A Landmark in Hong Kong Cinema' and 'Merry-Go-Movies Star Kids!
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The archive acquired more than 209 films and 39,118 film-related materials in 2013. Major acquisitions included 35mm film prints and materials from around 127 titles donated by Universe Films Distribution Company Limited and nine titles by Point of View Movie Production Company Limited, including picture negatives, sound tracks, subtitles and footage. Film prints, trailers, teasers and footage from 17 titles dating from 1993 to 2012 were donated by Pegasus Motion Pictures Distribution Limited. Film prints, trailers and footage from 10 titles dating from 2004 to 2011 were donated by Mei Ah Entertainment Group Limited, and film prints, trailers and footage from six titles dating from 2009 to 2011 were acquired from Bona Entertainment Company Limited.
Public Libraries
The LCSD operates 67 static and 10 mobile libraries and a books registration office. The libraries. hold some 11.39 million books and over 1.74 million items of multimedia material, serving almost 4.18 million registered book borrowers and lending more than 55.54 million books and other library materials in 2013.
Hong Kong Central Library
The Hong Kong Central Library is a major information and cultural centre, with a stock of over 2.59 million books and other reading materials and a full range of library and multimedia facilities, a central reference library with six subject departments, an arts resource centre, a Hong Kong literature room, a map library, a language learning centre, a young adult library and a toy library. It offers for hire a 1,540 square-metre exhibition gallery, a 290-seat lecture theatre, two activity rooms, a music practice room and eight discussion rooms.
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