1960s
1962
Opening of City Hall Public Library, the first public library in Hong Kong
1965
Opening of Waterloo Road Public Library, the first public library in Kowloon (Re-provisioned as Kowloon Central Library in 1984)
1970s
1974
Opening of Tsuen Wan Public Library, the first public library in New Territories (Re-provisioned as Tsuen Wan Central Library in 1993)
1976
Putting the first mobile library into operation
1980s
1982
Introducing lending service of audio cassettes
1983
Opening of the Arts Library, the first special library
1985
Opening of Kowloon Central Library, the first purpose-designed library building in Hong Kong (The present Kowloon Public Library)
1987
Opening of Sha Tin Central Library, the first central library in the New Territories (The present Sha Tin Public Library)
1990s
1991
First edition of Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature
1995
Completion of the computerisation of Urban Council and Regional Council Public Libraries
1997
Launch of online catalogue on internet and renewal through internet or by phone
1998
Self-charging terminals in operation
1999
Introducing lending service of audio CDs
2000s
2000
Merging of Urban Council Public Libraries and Regional Council Public Libraries as Hong Kong Public Libraries under LCSD
2001
Opening of Hong Kong Central Library, the largest public library in Hong Kong
2001
Launch of Multimedia Information System (MMIS) and e-book service in Hong Kong Central Library
2001
Launch of Documents Collection Campaign and Hong Kong Music Collection Campaign
2003
Allowing smart ID card for library purposes
2005
Launch of the Community Libraries Partnership Scheme
2010s
2011
Launch of Next Generation Integrated Library System (NGILS)
2011
HKPL's e-book collections reached 100,000 items
2011
Launch of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) pilot scheme in six selected branch libraries
2013
Opening of Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library, the second largest public library in Hong Kong
2014
Launch of mobile apps: “My Library” and “Multimedia Information”
2015
Launch of Online Payment Service
2017
Launch of the first self-service library station
2019
Launch of Online Registration for Borrowers service
2019
Launch of Story Ambassador Programme
2019
The first edition of Hong Kong Library Festival
2020s
2020
Launch of "Joyful Reading at Your Neighbourhood: Library-on-Wheels" Pilot Project
2021
By the end of the year, the HKPL offered more than 418,000 copies of e-books and 82 e-databases
1960s
1962
Opening of City Hall Public Library, the first public library in Hong Kong
1965
Opening of Waterloo Road Public Library, the first public library in Kowloon (Re-provisioned as Kowloon Central Library in 1984)
1970s
1974
Opening of Tsuen Wan Public Library, the first public library in New Territories (Re-provisioned as Tsuen Wan Central Library in 1993)
1976
Putting the first mobile library into operation
1980s
1982
Introducing lending service of audio cassettes
1983
Opening of the Arts Library, the first special library
1985
Opening of Kowloon Central Library, the first purpose-designed library building in Hong Kong (The present Kowloon Public Library)
1987
Opening of Sha Tin Central Library, the first central library in the New Territories (The present Sha Tin Public Library)
1990s
1991
First edition of Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature
1995
Completion of the computerisation of Urban Council and Regional Council Public Libraries
1997
Launch of online catalogue on internet and renewal through internet or by phone
1998
Self-charging terminals in operation
1999
Introducing lending service of audio CDs
2000s
2000
Merging of Urban Council Public Libraries and Regional Council Public Libraries as Hong Kong Public Libraries under LCSD
2001
Opening of Hong Kong Central Library, the largest public library in Hong Kong
2001
Launch of Multimedia Information System (MMIS) and e-book service in Hong Kong Central Library
2001
Launch of Documents Collection Campaign and Hong Kong Music Collection Campaign
2003
Allowing smart ID card for library purposes
2005
Launch of the Community Libraries Partnership Scheme
2010s
2011
Launch of Next Generation Integrated Library System (NGILS)
2011
HKPL's e-book collections reached 100,000 items
2011
Launch of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) pilot scheme in six selected branch libraries
2013
Opening of Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library, the second largest public library in Hong Kong
2014
Launch of mobile apps: “My Library” and “Multimedia Information”
2015
Launch of Online Payment Service
2017
Launch of the first self-service library station
2019
Launch of Online Registration for Borrowers service
2019
Launch of Story Ambassador Programme
2019
The first edition of Hong Kong Library Festival
2020s
2020
Launch of "Joyful Reading at Your Neighbourhood: Library-on-Wheels" Pilot Project
2021
By the end of the year, the HKPL offered more than 418,000 copies of e-books and 82 e-databases