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24,479 visits, lent a total of 3,397 items on 1,249 occasions, and recorded 951 uses of wireless
internet broadband services.
Mobile Libraries
The mobile library service was introduced in 1986. The library vans have a collection of 2,848
books. From Monday to Saturday, they stop at service points in different districts, and chiefly offer
a lending service and process reader card applications. During 2011, they received 7,301 visits,
and lent a total of 16,820 items on 7,413 occasions.
Libraries Managed by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau manages a number of libraries, including Wong Ieng
Kuan Libraries located in Dr Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park, Luis de Camoes Garden, Areia Preta
Urban Park and in Taipa, Ho Yin Garden Library, S. Lourenco Library and Children’s Library in
Areia Preta Urban Park.
These libraries purchase books and periodicals according to the needs of the people living in their
districts. They also regularly host storytelling, thematic lectures, film sessions, and reading camps.
In 2011, the libraries managed by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau organised 678 activities
to promote reading, attracting 27,097 participants. During the year, the seven community libraries
under the bureau received 720,080 visits.
The Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Dr Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park is located in Dr Sun Yat Sen
Municipal Park (the Canal dos Patos Park). It was built with a donation by Wong Ieng Kuan, a
Peruvian Chinese. Opened on 26 April 1996, the floor area of the two-storey library is 212 square
metres. The upper floor is a reading room and the lower floor is a children’s room. The library
provides 80 seats and 18,000 books.
The Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Luis de Camoes Garden was also built with a donation by
Wong Ieng Kuan. It was opened in November 1999 in Luis de Camoes Garden. The floor area of
the two-storey library is 675 square metres. The lower floor is a book, newspaper and periodicals
reading area which provides 80 seats, 24,000 books mainly related to literature and art, and over
180 periodicals. The upper floor is the children’s room.
The Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Areia Preta Urban Park is located in Areia Preta Urban Park.
It is the third library that was built with a donation from the Wong Ieng Kuan Foundation. Opened
on 15 November 2004, the library has a total floor area of 220 square metres, comprising a reading
room and a children’s room with 80 seats, with an inventory of 18,000 books. The children’s library
relocated to the Children’s Library adjacent to the Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Areia Preta Urban
Park from 2 July 2011.
The Children’s Library in Areia Preta Urban Park was formerly the Northern District Community
Services Centre. The Centre had been turned into the first library of IACM ever dedicated to children
and was officially opened to the public on 2 July 2011. The library is 210 square metres in area
and is divided into the Children’s Reading Area and Periodical Reading Area. It has a collection of
6,000 children’s books, the largest collection among all IACM’s libraries. The collections are mainly
children’s literature and picture story books. It also provides 15 periodicals related to children or
parent-child relationships. As well as 50 seats for reading, the library has a circular children’s play
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