In view of the latest COVID-19 situation, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department announced that its leisure and cultural facilities will be closed from July 15 until further notice.

Recreational, sports and cultural programmes to be held this month will also be cancelled.

Temporarily closed leisure and sports facilities include sports grounds, grass pitches, public swimming pools, beaches and indoor sports centres.

Passive and amenity areas at parks such as outdoor jogging tracks will remain open.

Meanwhile, the department will suspend bookings for its land-based recreation and sports facilities as well as public swimming pools in July.

For cultural facilities, all public libraries and students' study rooms, museums, performance venues and music centres of the Music Office will be temporarily closed.

In addition, all major facilities of performance venues will not be opened before the end of July, and all public programmes at museums will be suspended.

All public libraries’ book drop services and those located at three MTR stations as well as the three self-service library stations will stop services. Public libraries will continue to provide online services, such as e-Books and e-Databases.

URBTIX will maintain internet and mobile app ticketing and hotline services following the temporary closure of its outlets and ticket dispensing machines at performance venues.

The department said that it will continue to closely monitor the epidemic situation and review arrangements in a timely manner.