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Books，even in this age of cheap literature，cost money．The short of pa- 62．______
per，together with the high cost of living, has made books an inexpensive item 63．______
in our list of requirements．This would mean that fewer people call afford to
have them．Yet there are people who think nothing of spending money on a
rich dinner，but don’t like to spend the same sum on books．Therefore，the
time has come for a new public library policy to be introduced，for the higher
the price of books the great tile need to give them the widest circulation possible． 64．______
The Hong Kong Government has set up Urban Council Libraries and study
rooms in various districts．There iS no doubt when books are wisely selected． 65．______
The libraries and study rooms have a great educational value, and have done
much to courage the habit of reading among the people． 66．______
For setting up 1ibraries，some factors should be taken to consideration．In 67．______
the first place，it is not enough to have just a building．equip it with shelves and
fill it books．The library building itself must be attractive in structure．desira 68．______
ble in atmosphere．and uncumbered i 11 administration．Then secondly，there is
the choice of suitable books to look into．
Though most of the books are novels and most of tile readers are novel-
readers，read science fiction iS quite a source of amusement and pleasure．Al- 69．______
SO．it iS a mean of broadening one’S mind and learning more about life and hu 70．______
man being．Yet, there should always be many serious books—history, biogra
phy，travel，poetry and literature, which iS appreciated by many readers． 71．______