his approval. Kam Nai-wai, chairman of the Libraries Select Committee of the Council, also criticised Chung for breaching procedures and opposing the Council's decisions. On 8 August 1997, the Provisional Urban Council decided to vote between the design by Rocco Yim Sen-kee and the original design, which resulted in a tie with 21 votes each, then Leung, the Council's chairman, made the final decision by casting his second vote for the original design, even though Yim's design was praised by architects as much superior to the original. Anecdote There existed some memorial plaques dedicated to famous modern Chinese writers in the library, one of them was for the witty and erudite scholar-novelist Qian Zhongshu (). When the library was first opened, it was found that the second character in Qian's name, zhong (, "to favour"), was mis-represented as zhong (, "clock"). The mistake drew some criticism against the new library, which contains the greatest number of reference books among the public libraries in Hong Kong. See also Hong Kong Public Libraries List of libraries in Hong Kong References External links Hong Kong Public Libraries Official website Hong Kong Central Library Official website Hong Kong Library Association Official website 2001 establishments in Hong Kong Causeway Bay Deposit libraries Landmarks in Hong Kong Libraries established in 2001 Library buildings completed in 2001 National libraries Postmodern architecture Public libraries in Hong Kong Wan Chai District Libraries in Hong Kong