1973年，香港市政局定咗新圖書館標準，每二十萬人就要起一間面積大約12，000-15，000平方呎嘅圖書館，並計畫港九各區都有公共圖書館。當時局方估計黃大仙區人口會持續增長，加上觀塘區嘅坪石公共圖書館滿足唔到兩區人口所需，所以局方建議喺黃大仙區起返間公共圖書館。
In 1973, the Urban Council of Hong Kong set a new library standard, requiring every 200,000 people to build a library with an area of about 12,000-15,000 square feet, and planned to have public libraries in all districts of Hong Kong and Kowloon. At that time, the Bureau estimated that the population of Wong Tai Sin District would continue to grow, and the Ping Shek Public Library in Kwun Tong District could not meet the population needs of the two districts, so the Bureau proposed to build a Hui Jian Public Library in Wong Tai Sin District.