Hong Kong Public Records Building
The Hong Kong Public Records Building (Chinese: 香港歷史檔案大樓) is an office preserving records of the Hong Kong Government by the Government Records Service. The building is located in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was opened in 1997.
It is the first purpose-built archival facility in Hong Kong. It has public areas including a large working reference room, an exhibition hall and a search room equipped with computers for access to the extensive archival collection.
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