The Red Market Library offers 24-hour service on a trial basis from October 7.

“The opening hours of the Library is originally scheduled from monday to sunday, from 10am to 8pm. After its extension of opening hours, the library opens from 8pm to 10am on the following day with the duty security and cleaning staffs,” according to a note published on the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s website.

During this trial period, people can enter the premises by scanning their Macau ID card or non-resident worker’s identification cards on the self-registration system at the entrance daily from 8pm to 10am on the following day. Users can access the library for reading and other library self-services, including self-check machine and photocopying service.

The Red Market Library opened on July 24, 2012. The Library features 73 seats and eight computers with Internet access. It has a collection of approximately 6,800 books, 57 global newspapers and 62 types of magazines. It mainly stocks cuisine books, as well as literature, travel and leisure, medicine and health care and home economics books.