The value of Maintaining Public Libraries as a Community Resource

The Value of Maintaining Public Libraries as a Community Resource

  

I fully support maintaining public libraries as a community resource.

Public libraries are assets of society.  They provide a place of study, a spot for searching information, a room for various purposes.  They are beneficial to the Hong Kong people and giving hope to the life of citizens.

The students may go to the libraries to search for additional information outside the school curriculum.  They provide books, computers to assist in their studies.  They may surf the information from the Internet.  The libraries can be reading rooms for them.  They may not be able to find some quiet places to do their homework.  As an alternative selection, the libraries do.  It is also a wonderland for the children since there are many books suitable for them.

A library is also a place of refreshment for workers other than the working time.  There are newspapers, magazines provided.  They may borrow some books from libraries to read at home.  They may help them to cultivate a good reading habit.  This will certainly widen their knowledge of this modern world.  Some libraries have additional galleries beyond the public ones, where reference materials are stored.  The reference stacks may be open to selected members of the public.  It is an improvement scheme for the industrial and economic fields of Hong Kong.

Libraries are also a symbol of a well-developed society.  There are a lot of libraries in United States of America, China, Australia, Britain…etc.  Libraries increase the dignity of a country’s government.  Hong Kong has many libraries.  It is really a well-developed and bright metropolis.

In Hong Kong, some libraries carry out extra additional activities such as seminars, talks on various subjects.  They are inspiring.  Libraries are also visited by many tourists from various countries.  These tourist spots are attractive, especially to the students overseas.

Reading books is a good form of recreation activities as well as an excellent form of entertainment.  On the whole, libraries are valuable community resources.  They must exist.  We must treasure them. 

Mary Lau