Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library

Public library in Hong Kong

22°26′50″N 114°00′21″E / 22.447233146326585°N 114.00595689685852°E / 22.447233146326585; 114.00595689685852LocationHigh Block, Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Leisure and Cultural Building, 1 Tsui Sing Road, Tin Shui Wai,

Hong KongTypePublicEstablished28 February 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-28)Other informationParent organisationLeisure and Cultural Services DepartmentAffiliationHong Kong Public LibrariesWebsiteOfficial website

Traditional Chinese

屏山天水圍公共圖書館

Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Pìhng sāan tīn séui wàih gūng guhng tòuh syū gún
Jyutping	Ping4 saan1 tin1 soei2 wai4 gung1 gung6 syu1 gun2

Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library (Chinese: 屏山天水圍公共圖書館) is a Hong Kong public library. It is located in Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Leisure and Cultural Building, on 1 Tsui Sing Road, Tin Shui Wai near MTR Tin Shui Wai station and Light Rail Tin Shui Wai stop. It serves the Ping Shan and Tin Shui Wai neighbourhoods, both administratively in the Yuen Long District, the New Territories.

It is managed by the Hong Kong Public Libraries under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It has a total floor space of 6,100 square metres (66,000 sq ft), the second largest public library by area in Hong Kong, only behind the Hong Kong Central Library. It is also the first and only library in Hong Kong to date to have outdoor reading areas.^[1] There are about 330,000 books within the library's collection. ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

History

The library opened on 28 February 2013. It replaced an interim district library, called the Tin Shui Wai Public Library, which was housed in leased accommodation at Kingswood Ginza.^[9]

References

^ 屏山天水圍圖書館周四啟用
^ "屏山天水圍圖書館2·28啟用". 香港政府新聞網. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013.
^ 屏山天水圍圖書館周四開放《東方日報》2013年2月26日
^ 天水圍圖書館天然光下閱讀《蘋果日報》2013年2月26日
^ 屏山圖書館閱讀之餘可賞景《星島日報》 2013年2月26日
^ 屏山公共圖書館戶外開卷呷咖啡《明報》 2013年2月26日
^ 天水圍超級圖書館明年啟用《東方日報》 2012年11月3日
^ 聖士提反女子中學：書海寶藏美貌與智慧並重屏山天水圍公共圖書館《星島教育網》 2013年05月21日
^ "Public Library and Indoor Recreation Centre in Area 3, Yuen Long" (PDF). Legislative Council. Home Affairs Bureau. December 2008.

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