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TWO EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ROOMS, EACH EQUIPPED WITH HI-FI EQUIPMENT, ONE 1 500 MM VIDEO TELEVISION, A SLIDE PROJECTOR AND A 16 MM FILM PROJECTOR, ARE PROVIDED FOR LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR READERS OF VARIOUS INTEREST AND AGE GROUPS.
THERE IS ALSO A STUDENTS' STUDY ROOM WHERE MORE THAN 150 STUDENTS CAN STUDY IN A QUIET SURROUNDING.
+ IF READERS WANT TO UPDATE THEMSELVES WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT AFFAIRS, THE NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS READING ROOM PROVIDES SOME 700 CURRENT LOCAL AND FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS FOR THEM, + MR MAK SAID.
+THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY IS A MILESTONE IN THE RISTORY OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES IN HONG KONG AND WILL ENABLE THE URBAN COUNCIL TO PROVIDE A WIDER RANGE OF LIBRARY FACILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
MR MAK SAED THAT IT WAS THE COUNCIL'S POLICY TO PROVIDE ONE DISTRICT LIBRARY FOR EVERY 200 000 PEOPLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOOK STOCK WAS TO REACH A STANDARD OF 0.7 BOOK PER CAPITA AS WELL AS THE PROVISION OF BASIC AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL.
+AT PRESENT, THE URBAN COUNCIL OPERATES 13 DISTRICT LIBRARIES, 10 SMALL LIBRARIES AND TWO MOBILE LIBRARIES. A DISTRICT LIBRARY AIMS AT SERVING RESIDENTS OF A PARTICULAR DISTRICT. FACILITIES PROVIDED BY A DISTRICT LIBRARY INCLUDE A LENDING LIBRARY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN, A NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS SECTION, A QUICK REFERENCE SECTION, A STUDENTS STUDY ROOM, AN EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ROOM AND AN AUDIO-VISUAL LIBRARY.
+THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE A CENTRAL LIBRARY, IN ADDITION TO DISTRICT LIBRARY FACILITIES, PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE SERVICE, A LARGER BOOK STOCK AND A CENTRAL STACK FOR THE POOL STOCK FOR SMALL LIBRARIES AND THE RESERVE COLLECTION FOR DISTRICT LIBRARIES.
+ IT IS ALSO THE CENTRE OF THE NETWORK OF LIBRARY CO-OPERATION BETWEEN COUNCIL LIBRARIES AND HOUSES THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE INTER-LIBRARY LOAN SERVICE WITH OUTSIDE LIBRARIES, HE SAID.
+ IN ADDITION TO THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE COUNCIL PLANS TO DEVELOP THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK INTO A CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR HONG KONG ISLAND WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE AND THE MUSEUM OF ART IS COMPLETED IN 1988, + MR MAK SAID.
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