5/F, Shui Wo Street Municipal Services Building, 9 Shui Wo Street 瑞和街9號瑞和街市政大廈5/F 5/F, Shui Wo Street Municipal Services Building, 9 Shui Wo Street 瑞和街9號瑞和街市政大廈5/F, Hong Kong
Kowloon, Kwun Tong North
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
280 ftMut Wah Street (物華街 Mut Wah Street)
410 ftShung Yan Street Kwun Tong (觀塘崇仁街 Shung Yan Street Kwun Tong)
4/F, Fa Yuen Street Municipal Services Building, 123A Fa Yuen Street 花園街123A號花園街市政大廈4/F 4/F, Fa Yuen Street Municipal Services Building, 123A Fa Yuen Street 花園街123A號花園街市政大廈4/F (Kowloon, Mong Kok)
Cooked Food Market, 4/F, Shui Wo Street Municipal Services Building, 9 Shui Wo Street 瑞和街9號市政大廈4樓熟食市場 Cooked Food Market, 4/F, Shui Wo Street Municipal Services Building, 9 Shui Wo Street 瑞和街9號市政大廈4樓熟食市場
G/F, 91 Shung Yan Street 崇仁街91號地下 G/F, 91 Shung Yan Street 崇仁街91號地下
1 review of Shui Wo Street Public Library
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Esther F.
Place rating: 4 觀塘, Hong Kong
In the middle of all the bustling crowd, due to the street markets in the area, lies a library on the 5th and 6th floor of the Shui Wo Street building. I would not be surprised if you accidentally miss it because honestly, who would’ve thought you’d find the library above a street market building? [Besides those who have seen libraries before in this situation, or someone directed you.] On the 5th floor is the children section, and on the 6th floor, it’s the adult section. I entered through the 6th floor. Circulation is to the left, and you turn right. When you make the right, you look to the left, and it’s filled with people sitting down with newspapers. And to the right, the audiovisual center. There will be stairs as you keep walking, and when you go down, you’ll see columns and columns of books, and people sitting down doing their homework or reading. I immediately walked into the English section to the right of the stairs because I can only read English, and well, they have a good amount of English books! I was a happy camper. I couldn’t find some books I’ve been wanting to read on the shelf, but I think it’s fairly good for the amount of space they have in this library. Not too shabby. They don’t have Jack Kerouac or Ken Kesey, they only have one book of Nick Hornby, several books by D.H. Lawrence, but they don’t have Lady Chatterley’s Lover. They do have Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Prey by Michael Crichton, and many books by Stephen King. This is just to name a few. If you don’t like the selection, tough. Try picking out a book and read something new. If not, you could always make yourself happier by going outside and purchase food from the street markets. Books for life!