MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1982
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NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY
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THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY HAS OPENED A NEW SERVICE POINT AT TUEN MUN SINCE LAST WEEK IN PLACE OF THE OLD STOP AT HO PONG ROAD.
THE MOBILE LIBRARY VISITS THE NEW POINT AT SAM SHING ESTATE EVERY ALTERNATE THURSDAY FROM 2.30 PM TO 6 PM.
AT PRESENT, THE NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY HAS A POOL STOCK OF 15 000 VOLUMES, OF WHICH ABOUT 11 000 VOLUMES ARE IN CHINESE. AS THE LIBRARY CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE SOME 4 000 VOLUMES AT ONE TIME, SUITABLE TITLES ARE SELECTED FROM THE BOOK POOL BEFORE IT SETS OFF TO A SERVICE POINT,
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE SERVICE IN MID JULY LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 54 000 VOLUMES OF BOOKS WERE BORROWED AND 109 000 VOLUMES WERE READ IN THE LIBRARY.
A TOTAL OF 4 303 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED AS MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY. WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW STOP AT SAM SHING ESTATE, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL MAKE USE OF THE SERVICE.
THE MOBILE LIBRARY ALSO SERVES AS A BOOKING OFFICE FOR PERFORMANCES TAKING PLACE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND THE YUEN LONG LUT SAU HALL.
THE MOBILE LIBRARY STOPS AT SHA KOK ESTATE WEEKLY EVERY MONDAY; SHEK LEI ESTATE WEEKLY EVERY TUESDAY LEI MUK SHUE ESTATE AND KWAI SHING EAST ESTATE ALTERNATELY EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY: YAU OI ESTATE FORTNIGHTLY EVERY THURSDAY, CHI LOK FA YUEN AND SAM SHING ESTATE FORTNIGHTLY EVERY OTHER THURSDAY; KAM TIN AND LUEN WOO MARKET ALTERNATELY EVERY OTHER FRIDAY: CHEUNG HONG ESTATE AND CHEUNG CHING ESTATE FORTNIGHTLY EVERY OTHER SATURDAY AS WELL AS MAN NIN ROAD FORTNIGHTLY EVERY OTHER SATURDAY.
THE MOBILE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED DAILY FROM 1 PM TO 2 PM AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
IN ADDITION TO THE MOBILE LIBRARY, THE YUEN LONG LUT SAU HALL BOX OFFICE OPENS FROM 3.30 PM TO 8 PM DAILY TO SELL TICKETS FOR THE PROGRAMMES PRESENTED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES PRESENTATIONS OFFICE WHICH TAKE PLACE AT THIS HALL.
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