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1/ Brief Introduction on "Hong Kong Memory" Exhibition
| Date: | 2025/11/1 (Saturday) to 2025/11/30 (Sunday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
| Description: | The "Hong Kong Memory" website is a multimedia website that gives free and open access to digitized materials on the historical and cultural heritage of Hong Kong, including text documents, photographs, posters, sound recordings, motion pictures and videos. The website has been made available for public access since December 2012. In order to increase the public awareness on this resourceful website, the Hong Kong Public Libraries will arrange a roving exhibition in 2025 to introduce its origin, content structure and to visualize the characteristics of the "Hong Kong Memory" website. |
1/ Children's Book Display: Delightful Comics
| Date: | 2025/7/1 (Tuesday) to 2025/7/30 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ Book Exhibition on“Understanding the Hong Kong National Security Law”
| Date: | 2025/6/14 (Saturday) to 2025/7/13 (Sunday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ Book Display: Chinese Cuisine
| Date: | 2025/6/1 (Sunday) to 2025/6/30 (Monday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
2/ Children's Book Display: Chinese Culture
| Date: | 2025/6/1 (Sunday) to 2025/6/30 (Monday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/6/28 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
2/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/6/21 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
3/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/6/14 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
4/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/6/7 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ Roving Book Exhibition of “Quality Reading Culture”
| Date: | 2025/6/2 (Monday) to 2025/6/22 (Sunday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ Introduction to Library Catalogue / Internet / Electronic Resources / Multimedia Information System (MMIS) (Junior)
| Date: | 2025/6/10 (Tuesday) |
| Time: | 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
2/ Introduction to Library Catalogue / Internet / Electronic Resources / Multimedia Information System (MMIS) (Adult)
| Date: | 2025/6/3 (Tuesday) |
| Time: | 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ Book Display: Travel around the World
| Date: | 2025/5/2 (Friday) to 2025/5/31 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
2/ Children's Book Display: Festivals Around the World
| Date: | 2025/5/2 (Friday) to 2025/5/31 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
1/ ‘Mystery of Chinese Writing’ Roving Exhibition
| Date: | 2025/5/2 (Friday) to 2025/5/28 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
| Description: | The development of Chinese characters has a long and rich history, beginning with the pottery inscriptions in the late Neolithic period, progressing to the oracle bone scripts and bronze inscriptions in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and evolving through small seal scripts after the unification by Qin to clerical scripts during the Qin and Han periods. By the Tang dynasty, Chinese writing system had fully matured and the art of calligraphy scaled new heights. As of today, Chinese characters continue to embody the wisdom of the past and demonstrates the charm of Chinese culture. The exhibition will use simple writings, images of artefacts and vivid illustrations to showcase the development and cultural connotations of Chinese characters. |
1/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/5/24 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
2/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/5/18 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
3/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/5/17 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
4/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/5/10 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
5/ Storytelling for Children
| Date: | 2025/5/3 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Smithfield Public Library |
