Late-night Services for Book-lovers at HK Book Fair

2006-07-23 14:34:02 CRIENGLISH.com

Thousands of bookworms took advantage of an offer of free admission and extended opening to pack the Hong Kong Book Fair Saturday night.

Organizers said that between 9:30 pm and 11:30 pm some 44,000 people passed through the doors - 10 per cent up on last year.

Such was the rush that free entry was offered half an hour earlier than the original 10:00 pm starting point.

And organizers were turning away people by 11:30 pm because the place was crammed.

The Trade Development Council waived the entrance fee for those arriving between 10pm and 2am as bus operators ran special routes to take readers home.

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