Public library opening hours for Christmas and New Year holidays announced

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (December 17) announced that all Hong Kong public libraries, mobile libraries and students' study rooms will close at 5pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (December 31).
 
     On Christmas Day (December 25), Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year's Day (January 1, 2025), all Hong Kong public libraries, mobile libraries and students' study rooms will be closed.
 
     Moreover, system maintenance work will be carried out from 7am on December 25 to 7am on December 27, and from 0.30am to 11.59pm on January 1, 2025, during which the following services will be suspended:
* library mobile app services and Internet and telephone renewal services;
* other online library services, including the library catalogue, borrowers' record enquiries, reservation of library materials and Internet and Digital Service Workstations and electronic resources (e-books and e-databases); and
* self-service library stations (readers may still return books to the stations before the due date, and the loan record will be updated within two working days).
 
     Details can be obtained from notices posted at all public libraries and the library website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/library-notices/library-notices-list.html. For enquiries, please call 2921 0208.