In view of the enthusiastic response to tickets, the Exhibition on China's First Manned Space Mission will run uninterrupted for four days at the Science Museum. Its opening hours will now run overnight from November 1 to November 4.

About 27,000 tickets for the additional sessions are now available for collection.

Secretary for Home Affairs Dr Patrick Ho said the mission is an historic achievement, and the overnight service provided by the museum will also be unprecedented.

Tickets were made available at 6am today, and 90% had been collected by 4pm.

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will continue distribute tickets at its 18 outlets tomorrow, limited to two per person on a first-come, first-served basis.

For details of the exhibition, click here. For enquiries, please call 2732 3232.