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The public also made good use of the reference services in the City Hall and Yau Ma Tei public libraries where a total of 328,471 books were consulted by readers in addition to 32,433 reference enquiries.
Readers also showed great interest in newspapers and periodicals
and 184,625 back issues were consulted during the year.
The five public libraries located at the City Hall, Aberdeen/ Pokfulam, Yau Ma Tei, Waterloo Road, and Ping Shek are stocked with a total of over 500,000 books of which 65 per cent are in Chinese.
ROAD CLOSED ON ISLAND
A section of Honiton Road on Hong Kong Island between its junction with Babington Path and House No. 8 of Babington Path has been closed to traffic.
This section of road is considered dangerous for vehicular traffic until repair work on an embankment nearby at 84-86 Bonham Road is completed.
The work is expected to take about two months.
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