this library. These materials are accessible to the public via a variety of methods. Reading tables are all provided with separate power points and dataline outlets through which library patrons can use their own portable computers to access the library network and the Internet. Readers can also retrieve a wide range of multimedia databases on CD-ROMs and the Internet through the LAN/ATM workstations. Special Collections The 11 special collections being housed in the Hong Kong Central Library are manly related to Hong Kong and include: The Hong Kong Collection Hong Kong Oral History Collection Open University of Hong Kong Course Materials Collection Hong Kong Music Collection Hok Hoi Collection Kotewall Collection Hong Kong Exchanges Collection The Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch) Collection Hong Kong Literature Collection Hong Kong Village Life Collection Documents Collection Campaign Collection Discussion Rooms Several floors of the Hong Kong Central Library have discussion rooms available for rental at a fixed charge on an hourly basis, and on a 30-minute basis thereafter. Café The library houses a Délifrance café outside the library area on the first floor behind the bookshop. There are both indoor and outdoor seats for it. Art installments To help create an artistic environment for the library, three submissions to the Competition on Design of Decorative Works of Art for the Hong Kong Central Library were selected and place around the library. Those installments include: Sprout The Fountain of Wisdom Enlightenment Fences After three cases of jumping to death in the library, tall fences were installed along some railings around the corners on fifth and sixth floors in 2015 to prevent future suicides. Yet there was another suicide in the library in 2016. Now fences have been installed from third to sixth floors. Design controversy The library was designed by government senior architect Ho Chiu-fan. When the design was submitted to the Town Planning Board in 1995, its members were disappointed, especially by its exterior look. After Elaine Chung Lai-kwok became the Director of Urban Services Department in February 1997, she heard strong criticisms against the design from urban councillors and the cultural community, so she asked the Director of Architectural Services Department Pau Shiu-hung for new designs, and Pau invited four prominent Hong Kong private architects to the task. A row broke out in July 1997 when Ronald Leung Ding-bong, chairman of the Provisional Urban Council, openly scolded Chung for acting without