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Hong Kong Collection
The Hong Kong Collection is a comprehensive collection of Hong Kong related
materials , including books, periodicals, government publications, audiovisual
and multimedia materials, CD-ROM databases, maps, and others. The Collection
has grown to over 70,000 items and is being maintained at the Hong Kong
Central Library, the City Hall Public Library, the Kowloon Public Library,
Shatin Public Library, Tsuen Wan Public Library and Tuen Mun Public Library.
The Collection is the most heavily used special collection in the reference
libraries, providing members of the public with current and retrospective
information on Hong Kong. The Collection at the HK Central Library is
the largest, containing historical documents and government publications,
including a complete run of government gazettes since 1853, administrative
and annual reports of the government since 1879, departmental reports,
district board minutes and papers, statistical information and ad-hoc
publications.
The Collection also incorporates the Airport and Port Projects Resource
Centre (APPRC) Collection which consists of 1,039 volumes of documents
in about 600 titles. The documents are planning papers and consultancy
reports on various aspects of the new airport project and associated core
development projects.
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