The statistics showed that NDL has raised the technical service performance in the first three quarters of 2006, compared to that for the same period in 2005. The total open hours for external users were 96,700 hours increasing by 25% over the same period in 2005 and reaching 106 % of the total opening hours in 2005. In addition, the total service income has reached 284 million, which is a 10% growth over the same period in 2005.