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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will have special opening hours for its museums and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre during the Lunar New Year holidays.
The special times will affect the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Science Museum, Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, Law Uk Folk Museum, Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, Hong Kong Railway Museum, Sam Tung Uk Museum and Hong Kong Film Archive.
On Lunar New Year's Eve (February 17), all the museums, as well as the Visual Arts Centre will close at 5pm except the Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, which will close at 4pm.
On the first and second days of the Lunar New Year (February 18 and 19), all the museums and the Visual Arts Centre will be closed.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year (February 20), the Museum of Art, Museum of History, Heritage Museum, Science Museum, Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, Space Museum, Museum of Coastal Defence, Film Archive and the Heritage Discovery Centre will open as usual, while the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, Law Uk Folk Museum, Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, Railway Museum, Sam Tung Uk Museum and the Visual Arts Centre will remain closed.
Ends/Saturday, February 10, 2007
Issued at HKT 10:01
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