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Mr Chan Heng Kee
CHAIRMAN
Mrs Elaine Ng
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
It was also a significant year for the National Library Board (NLB) as we celebrated our 20th Anniversary as a statutory board dedicated to the promotion of reading, learning and history through our network of 26 Public Libraries, the National Library and the National Archives of Singapore.
We have accomplished much over the years, and we continue to engage the community to provide more and better programmes and services to promote reading and learning, and to further develop innovative library spaces.
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY
NLB's vision is to create "Readers for Life, Learning Communities, and a Knowledgeable Nation". This is an aspirational vision that can only come about through constantly engaging the community to create learning opportunities and inspiring spaces, as well as providing avenues for the community to co-create with us.
To do this, we work with people and volunteers who have a passion for co-creating social spaces. The redesigned Pasir Ris Public Library is a result of a co-creation exercise with teens and parents who shared their ideas for inspiring spaces. Through this collaboration, we were able to create the Teens' mezzanine space – which is home to the Inspiring Readers Society – our first group of teen volunteers who co-own a library space with us.
Our first volunteer-run library, library@chinatown, celebrated its third anniversary in March this year. We are heartened that the library has been able to attract 80 volunteers, double from 40 when we first started. Through their efforts, we have been able to bring library services and spread the joy of reading to the community.
A second aspect of community engagement is working with those who care passionately about promoting a reading culture and helping others to access library services. NLB worked closely with Northeast CDC (NECDC) to set up a community-run container library in Sengkang during the closure of Sengkang Public Library for renovations.
Our collaboration with the Senior Activity Centres managed by Thye Hwa Kwan, NTUC, Alexandra Health Centre and Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA), has seen more reading corners being set up. We aim to double our outreach efforts to Senior Activity Centres by 2020. Through reading, we hope our seniors will be able to keep their minds healthy and alert as they stay abreast of current affairs and learn new skills.
Beyond the community, we collaborated with media partners such as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao to bring their programme, Accompanying You In Reading Newspapers to our libraries. We are also partnering with The Straits Times to present talks on various topics by well-known journalists in our libraries.
In making our history discoverable, we attracted 260 community volunteers through the Citizen Archivist Project, our crowdsourcing initiative that was launched in March 2015. To date, we have provided descriptions of over 1,700 unidentified photographs and transcribed more than 10,000 pages of historical materials such as handwritten Straits Settlements Records. We look forward to expanding the scope of the project to include oral history recordings.
Volunteers have always been invaluable members of the NLB family. Today, we have a total of 5,000 active volunteers who have contributed over 100,000 hours to our various programmes and initiatives. In the next five years, we aim to work closely with our community partners and grow the number of active volunteers to 7,000, who would contribute 150,000 volunteering hours in total.
PROMOTING READING
We have continued to provide many successful reading programmes for the community. Read! Fest 2015, our annual signature programme focused on Singapore literature and paid tribute to the contributions of our young volunteers – the Junior and Teen Reading Ambassadors. We also promoted 82 poems in the four official languages by Singapore poets in an exhibition titled Poetry on Platforms at the City Hall MRT Station.
In line with our strategic priorities to promote reading in mother tongue languages, we have introduced 11 Mother Tongue Language Clubs to date. In 2015, our libraries also ran 12,000 programmes, which reached out to some 1.8 million participants.
MAKING HISTORY ACCESSIBLE
Our rich collections are critical to preserving the nation's history and heritage. We have been building our collections at the National Library (NL) and the National Archives of Singapore (NAS), and placing greater emphasis on a digital strategy in order to make our library and archival materials more accessible.
Over the last two years, we have made available over 530,000 materials on our online e-resources platforms, such as HistorySG, NewspaperSG, PublicationSG and BookSG. These materials were previously only accessible on-site at our libraries. Besides providing public access to a digitised catalogue of some 1 million published materials in Singapore from the early 1900s to the present through PublicationSG, we also successfully digitised more than 56,700 pages of Tamil literary works under the Tamil Digital Heritage Project in August 2015. This collection of 350 works produced by the Tamil literary community in Singapore over a period of 50 years is now available on BookSG.
In January 2016, we signed a five-year agreement with the Autism Resource Centre (ARC) to provide meaningful employment for the autistic community in Singapore as well as build our digitised collections. Special-needs individuals are being trained to provide scanning and data entry services to digitise library materials.
We have also made remarkable progress in opening up access to our historical content. Following the digitisation of over 84,000 records in 2015, NAS has to date uploaded some 1.2 million records online. These include oral histories, audio visual recordings, photographs, maps and government papers presented to Parliament. Recent additions include audio-visual clips of National Day Rally speeches and National Day Messages from 1966 to 2015 in English, Malay, Chinese, and even Hokkien, as well as the Berita Singapura collection – a series of news magazine films documenting Singapore's history in the 1960s. All of these have seen a significant increase in the number of visitors to NAS' Archives Online, from 20,000 hits per month in 2012 to over 400,000 per month in 2016.
These digital efforts have also contributed to an increase in the digital visitorship of our library materials, from 26.7 million in 2008 to 68.8 million in 2015. We are now in the midst of re-launching our enhanced NLB mobile app to provide greater access to our resources.
One major initiative will be the re-opening of Memories at Old Ford Factory (MOFF) in February 2017. The exhibition will showcase archival records that incorporate creative multi-sensory elements to enhance the visitor's experience of Singapore's World War II history and provide a better understanding of life during the Japanese Occupation.
Another initiative is the exhibition titled Law of the Land: Highlights of Singapore's Constitutional Documents, scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2016. NLB has partnered the National Gallery Singapore to present a multi-sensory exhibition of archival records at the former Chief Justice's Chamber in the Gallery's building.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
As we continue to make these goals a priority, we are also thankful to have scaled new heights by achieving a Customer Satisfaction Index of 4.46 in 2015, from 4.39 in 2014. Our achievement in service co-creation also won us the prestigious Service Medallion Award 2015 (Organisation Commendation Award). Another accolade was the prestigious President's Design Award conferred on library@orchard for its outstanding interior design. library@orchard also received the American Library Association's (ALA) Presidential Citation Award.
We have been successful only because of the hard work and contributions of our NLB family – our board members, staff, donors, volunteers, partners, our patrons and international friends.
We would like to thank our former Chairman, Ms Yeoh Chee Yan and past board members, Ms Goh Ann Nee, Mr Dhirendra Shantilal, Mr Timothy Teo, Mr Kwa Chong Guan, Mrs Chua-Lim Yen Ching and Ms Rahayu Bte Mahzam for their invaluable guidance and contributions to NLB during their term of office.
As we engage everyone to "Read More, Read Widely and Read Together" and build a nation of readers through the National Reading Movement, a five-year initiative launched in June 2016, we look forward to co-creating projects and initiatives with the community and expanding our network of partners.
We are counting on your continued support as we roll out our ambitious plans in the months ahead.
MR CHAN HENG KEE
Chairman
MRS ELAINE NG
Chief Executive Officer
BOARD CHAIRMAN
Chair of Establishment Committee
PERMANENT SECRETARY
Ministry of Health
Chair of Audit Committee
MANAGING DIRECTOR & REGIONAL HEAD
DBS Treasures Private Client & Treasures, DBS Bank Ltd
Chair of Finance Committee
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Greater China Market Head
Bank of Singapore
Chair of Innovation & Technology Advisory Committee
DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, ST Engineering /
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
Defence Business, ST Kinetics
Chair of National Archives Advisory Committee
HEAD
Centre of Excellence for National Security, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Chair of National Library Advisory Committee
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
NSL Limited
Chair of Public Library Advisory Committee
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Head (Group Quality & Service Excellence), OCBC Bank
ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE
(Government Chief Information Office Wing)
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
FELLOW, CENTRE OF LIVEABLE CITIES
Ministry of National Development
DEPUTY SECRETARY (DEVELOPMENT)
Ministry Of Manpower
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department of History
National University of Singapore
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Enterprise Development Group
Temasek International Pte Ltd
MANAGING PARTNER
PKF-CAP LLP
CHAIRMAN
Board of PKF International
CHAIRMAN
Asia Pacific, PKF-CAP LLP
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(Transactions & Administration)
Civil Division
Attorney-General's Chambers
DOMAIN COMMANDER (AIR)
Integrated Checkpoints Command (Air), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE CHIEF LIBRARIAN
ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE
(Corporate)
DIRECTOR
(Finance & Administration)
ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE
(Public Library Services)
DIRECTOR
(National Archives of Singapore)
GENERAL COUNSEL
DIRECTOR
(Resource Discovery & Management)
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
DIRECTOR
(Properties & Facilities Management)
DIRECTOR
(Libraries of The Future)
DIRECTOR
(People Management & Development)
DIRECTOR
(Systems, Applications & Operations)
DIRECTOR
(Communications, Relations & Development)
DIRECTOR
(Technology & Service Innovation)
DIRECTOR
(Content & Services)
DIRECTOR
(National Library)
ACTING DIRECTOR
(Strategic Planning & Research)
ACTING DIRECTOR
(Public Library Operations)
Awards & Accolades
OUR 20th anniversary was filled with many reasons for celebration. NLB received the Singapore Service Excellence Medallion (SSEM) Award for Service Co-Creation in May 2015. The SSEM is the most prestigious national level award under the Go the Extra Mile for Service (GEMS Up) Movement, a multi-agency movement that aims to bring service excellence up to the next level. Our senior library officer, Ms Idah Mariyani was also recognised for her stellar service with the Service Professional Individual Medallion.
Statistics were derived from an annual survey conducted to gauge the customer satisfaction of NLB patrons, with a maximum score of 5.
Our unwavering efforts to serve patrons have borne fruit, with ratings rising each year in the annual Customer Satisfaction Survey. From a score of 4.38 out of 5 in 2013, overall customer satisfaction rose to 4.39 in 2014 and 4.46 in 2015.
In December, library@orchard received a birthday gift one year after its re-opening in October 2014. It became the second library to clinch the prestigious President's Design Award, following in the footsteps of Bishan Public Library in 2007. library@orchard's iconic curved bookshelves and cosy reading cocoons were among the design features that earned it that accolade. At the American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference held in Orlando in June 2016, library@orchard also received the ALA's Presidential Citation Award for Innovative International Library Projects in recognition of its contributions to international librarianship through design thinking.
Celebrating 20 years
OUR birthday celebrations on October 3, 2015 spanned 131 programmes at our 27 premises island-wide. The activities included talks, library tours, storytelling and a massive live 'escape game' at the National Library Building, as well as the #MiniLibrarian programme.
New young members received commemorative edition membership cards, and all library members enjoyed a special loan promotion of 20 physical books and 24 e-books until January 31, 2016.
Unveiling PublicationSG
Giving the gift of books
Each library received up to 300 books on various aspects of Singapore, ranging from history and political development to greenery and architecture. They also touched on the colourful aspects of Singapore life, including its literature, culture, food and even Singlish. Several recipient libraries also showcased these collections for a month.
Re-opening of
Pasir Ris Public Library
Showcasing our public libraries
In August 2015, Ang Mo Kio Public Library marked its 30th anniversary, with a special Timeless exhibition and an indoor birthday celebration with Jeremy Monteiro and his band as a special treat for our library patrons and volunteers. The exhibition showcased Ang Mo Kio's history through the works of students from Ang Mo Kio Primary School, Naval Base Secondary School and Mayflower Secondary School.
Woodlands Regional Library kicked off the 10-month long exhibition titled Greatest Gift of a Generation in July 2015. Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim dropped by to tour the exhibition in August and spent a joyful afternoon with some pioneers who were featured in the exhibition. The pioneers were there to share their stories with library patrons in person. He also stopped by a Silver Infocomm Junction class and met senior volunteers contributing to the National Archives of Singapore's Citizen Archivist Project.
Sembawang Public Library has dazzled patrons since its reopening in November 2014, impressing them with its high-tech features, such as the Quick Reads screen that allows patrons to borrow ebooks by scanning QR codes, eReaders for children and eMagazine tablets. The library also piloted the reservation lockers which enable patrons to collect reserved items even beyond the library's opening hours.
Celebrating its third anniversary in March 2016 was the much younger library@chinatown. It is Singapore's first community-supported library fully run by volunteers and having received generous donations from Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple and CP1 Pte Ltd. A volunteers' appreciation party was held as part of the celebrations, with Minister of State for Communications and Information, Chee Hong Tat joining in.
Ready to party with Read! Fest
Our Poetry on Platforms exhibition also promoted works of Singapore poets, which were displayed on City Hall MRT platforms for a month from mid-July to mid-August.
Reading in mother tongue from young
PAYING a visit to one of our Mother Tongue Language Reading Clubs in February 2016 was Minister of State for Communications and Information, Chee Hong Tat. At Woodlands Regional Library, he read local author, Low Joo Hong's《 此地无肉三百两 》(There is No Meat Buried Here) to the young members of the library's Little Avid Readers Reading Club and highlighted the importance of cultivating the habit of reading in one's mother tongue from young.
In November 2015, our Mother Tongue Language Festival featured a week of 48 programmes in Chinese, Malay and Tamil. More than 1,700 participants took part in workshops and reading sessions, enjoying picture books and poetry. The opening festival included a performance of Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale, alongside traditional book-based Malay and Indian dances and a Chinese reading performance.
This was followed by Family Reading Fiestas for each language in February and March 2016. The Tamil edition included an Amazing Race in which parent-and-child pairs searched for books, designed posters, did dramatic readings and completed questionnaires. The Malay Family Reading Fiesta included an interactive storytelling session where parents and kids brought stories to life, while the Chinese session included a poetry recital for the young ones.
In March 2016, Toa Payoh Public Library also collaborated with Chinese newspapers Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao to bring their news and current affairs initiative, Accompanying You in Reading Newspapers into our library as a monthly programme.
Meeting our mobile libraries (MOLLYs)
Helping readers be S.U.R.E
The Super S.U.R.E Shows kicked off in July 2015 with a talk on media and film, followed by music and pop culture in October and a parenting special in November. Closing the series was the science and mathematics edition in January 2016, with Nobel laureate David Gross among the speakers.
Bringing forth books of our own
Among the 58 Singaporeans sharing their stories in the book are icons such as founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and singer-songwriter Dick Lee, alongside kampong residents and urban planners, businessmen and artists.
Other books commemorating important academics and donors were launched. In April 2015, we launched Through the Lens of Lee Kip Lin, Photographs of Singapore, 1965-1995 by Dr Lai Chee Kien, a selection of photographs by the late architect Mr Lee Kip Lin, whose works and papers were donated to us.
Marking its 10th anniversary was the Taxi Shifu Reading Club, Singapore's only literary club for taxi drivers, which published 《德士师傅读书会十年耕耘 : 读书会成立十周年回顾 (Celebrating a Decade of Taxi Shifu Reading Club's Memories) in November 2015.
In March 2016, we published The George Hicks Collection at the National Library, Singapore: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works in honour of the fellowship funded by the Australian writer and economist, and his donation of books and materials.
Other books published include Di Sebalik Tabir Masuri S.N.: Biografi dan Karya Pilihan Yang Belum Tersiar (Behind the Veil: Biography and Work of Masuri S. N.), the first biography published on the late poet and literary pioneer Masuri Salikun, and leading Raffles scholar Dr John Bastin's The Family of Sir Stamford Raffles, launched in conjunction with our From the Stacks exhibition in end January 2016.
Unearthing treasures
From the Stacks
Running for eight months from February to September 2016, it featured over 100 historical artefacts: manuscripts and publications, maps and photographs, many on public display for the first time.
New ways to remember the past
SMP broke new ground in 2015 with its first ever film festival during May and June. The Rewind/Remind film festival premiered short films produced by recipients of irememberSG Fund, as well as acclaimed local director Royston Tan's latest film, Old Friends. A total of 11 films were featured.
Since its launch in 2011, SMP has enabled memories to be collected, organised, preserved, discovered and researched. To date, more than 1 million memories have been collected.
Tamil community's gift of digital heritage
Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Tharman Shanmugaratnam launched the digital collection in August 2015. Joining him to celebrate the completion of this special collection was the project's patron, Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry). A special appreciation event was hosted in September, graced by Minister Iswaran, to thank the authors, teachers and volunteers who had contributed to this project. Close to 100 Tamil authors and teachers came forward to annotate the works, and over 250 volunteers and our staff helped to proofread more than 56,000 pages.
Hosting the first Joint Technical Symposium in Asia
FOR the first time in Asia, we co-hosted the international Joint Technical Symposium with the South East Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association in Singapore in March 2016.
It brought together more than 200 delegates from 27 countries to discuss the challenges of preserving and restoring audiovisual records, and share new technologies and best practices.
Held every three to five years, the global event was organised under the auspices of the Co-ordinating Council of Audio Visual Archives Association, an affiliate of UNESCO.
Remaking Memories at Old Ford Factory
To help us better tell the story of Singapore during the Second World War, a public call for donations was made in March 2016 for donations of historical materials from 1937 to 1954, from Japanese textbooks to oral history accounts. Over 400 donated items were received through the public call for archives.
Throwing the spotlight on Asian films
In April 2015, the AFA hosted the 19th South East Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association Conference and General Assembly that saw international archivists, librarians and AV specialists attend the symposium and workshops at the National Library Building.
In celebration of SG50, Spotlight on Singapore Cinema free screenings at Capitol Theatre showcased films from the 1950s to 1970s that were restored by the AFA.
To commemorate its 10th anniversary, the AFA commissioned 10 Asian short films in an anthology entitled Fragment.
In January 2016, the AFA took part in Singapore Art Week for the first time with State of Motion, a tour and exhibition that married classic Singaporean films and iconic film locations with new original art.
From February to April 2016, Celluloid Void 2: The Lost Films of Southeast Asia exhibition at the National Library Building examined a selection of lost films from the region, exploring their significance in the historical context of socio-political upheaval.
Partnering the Autism Resource Centre
In January 2016, Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim visited the Digital Services Centre and met the beneficiaries.
Spreading the joy of reading
WE have always believed in giving back to the community.Project Deliver Me, which started in 2009, is still going strong, with our volunteers making six trips a year to deliver books and audiovisual materials to library members who are homebound and cannot visit libraries on their own. Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim joined us on one of these visits in July 2015, to Singapore Cheshire Home.
Our volunteers have also helped run over 270 kidsREAD Clubs across Singapore for children from low income households for the 11th year. The number of volunteers for this programme has grown from 929 in 2012 to 2,470 in 2015.
Thanking our supporters
WE had many people to thank for sharing our journey all these years. Our bi-annual Donors Appreciation Night in October 2015 gave donors a chance to see items from our rare materials gallery and heritage collections made possible by generous contributions from our donors. These materials include rare religious texts, maps and publications from World War II.In November 2015, we celebrated the people who keep our libraries going: our library patrons and volunteers.
On Customer Appreciation Day, our library patrons were treated to a fun date with fictional storybook characters who turned up at various public libraries to express their appreciation. Later that month, volunteers young and old enjoyed a drama performance of The Emperor's New Clothes at our National Library Building.
"OUR volunteers play an important part in helping us to connect with the community. Our role is to engage them in ways that allow them to express their passion to do something for Singapore and make a difference to others, through co-creating social spaces, making history discoverable and promoting reading culture."
Mrs Elaine Ng
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD
THROUGH VOLUNTEERING WITH NLB, I HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF CONFIDENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS PEOPLE.
Ling Sean Yi
STUDENT
STUDENT
THROUGH VOLUNTEERING WITH NLB, I HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF CONFIDENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS PEOPLE. Previously, I have been unsure of presenting myself before a large audience and frequently suffered from shivering legs. However, after countless storytelling, performing skits and even emceeing, I have become much more at ease during public speaking and have definitely grown in confidence.
I BELIEVE THAT MY VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE AT NLB INSPIRED ME TO READ BOOKS AGAIN.
Bryan Herbert
STUDENT
STUDENT
I BELIEVE THAT MY VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE AT NLB INSPIRED ME TO READ BOOKS AGAIN. It also reminds me to reflect on whether I have improved someone's life or my own. Working in different libraries, going out to perform for the public or organising competitions are some of the things that we have done for the community which have changed lives.
VOLUNTEERING ISN'T JUST FOR THE CIP HOURS, IT CAN BRING GREAT EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES TOO.
Nur Eliisa Abdullah
STUDENT
STUDENT
The opening day of Pasir Ris Library after the renovation was one of the greatest memories I have ever had. When the day came, and when I arrived at the library early with the other volunteers whom I now call my friends, I felt this feeling of accomplishment. It was surreal to think that all our hard work has finally been put into place. It was then that I realised that VOLUNTEERING ISN'T JUST FOR THE CIP HOURS, IT CAN BRING GREAT EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES TOO.
STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO MOULD A CHILD'S CHARACTER.
Halimatussa'diah Binte Jaffar
EDUCATOR
EDUCATOR
A child learns best when he or she hears stories that resonates with them. STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO MOULD A CHILD'S CHARACTER. As a Malay teacher who constantly keeps abreast of the Malay education landscape in Singapore, I am aware of the importance of reading Malay books frequently to the children so that the Malay language remains relevant. I hope to contribute in my own small way towards the Malay community.
STORYTELLING IS A FUN WAY TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG READERS BECAUSE A GOOD STORYTELLER CAN MAKE A STORY COME ALIVE.
Harris Bin Juraimi
STUDENT
STUDENT
After joining NLB events, I became more interested in reading widely, across different genres, and even reading books in my Mother Tongue language. STORYTELLING IS A FUN WAY TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG READERS BECAUSE A GOOD STORYTELLER CAN MAKE A STORY COME ALIVE. We can all learn good values and lessons through stories.
VOLUNTEERING AT NLB HAS STRENGTHENED MY BELIEF THAT THE LOVE OF READING EXPANDS THE IMAGINATION OF CHILDREN
Lim May San, Medha
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER
VOLUNTEERING AT NLB HAS STRENGTHENED MY BELIEF THAT THE LOVE OF READING EXPANDS THE IMAGINATION OF CHILDREN, and it allows them to grow into more confident and enthusiastic individuals. All children need to be given one-to-one attention. No question is too silly, especially when it comes from curious minds, if only the people around them had time to spare.
INTRODUCING OTHERS TO A NEW BOOK OR GENRE GIVES ME SATISFACTION AS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
M Ilakkiya
STUDENT
STUDENT
Before I started volunteering at the NLB, I read a very limited genre of books- mainly adventure and chick-literature. My volunteering experience exposed me to other genres which motivated me to read more so that I can learn more and encourage others to read. INTRODUCING OTHERS TO A NEW BOOK OR GENRE GIVES ME SATISFACTION AS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.
IT IS SURREAL TO THINK THAT I AM PLAYING A PART IN PRESERVING SINGAPORE'S HISTORY.
Vandana Aggarwal
EDUCATOR
EDUCATOR
My special moment was when I got carried away while transcribing the Straits Settlement Records and was transported to a time 200 years ago. For a moment I thought Sir Stamford Raffles was actually dictating a letter to me. The enormity and the responsibility of what archivists do hit me at that moment. IT IS SURREAL TO THINK THAT I AM PLAYING A PART IN PRESERVING SINGAPORE'S HISTORY.
I KEEP COMING BACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I AM HELPING PEOPLE AND CONTRIBUTING BACK TO SOCIETY.
Morgan Meyer
STUDENT
STUDENT
Each time I volunteer at library@chinatown, I am happy that I get to help people of all ages, across different cultures and languages. I KEEP COMING BACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I AM HELPING PEOPLE AND CONTRIBUTING BACK TO SOCIETY. I am not 100 percent fluent in Mandarin. Volunteering at the library allows me to get some conversational practice that I do not normally get during school hours, or with friends.
KIDS OF ALL AGES ENJOY HEARING A GOOD STORY. ADULTS TOO!
Tan Cheng Pheng
HOMEMAKER
HOMEMAKER
Not all kids love books naturally. But kids can be hooked on reading if they have someone to guide them and entice them with good reads that appeal to them. KIDS OF ALL AGES ENJOY HEARING A GOOD STORY. ADULTS TOO! Having fun makes people reach for the next book.
I AM REALLY HEARTENED THAT NLB IS FAR-SIGHTED WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTING READING TO OUR NEXT GENERATION.
Sun Xi Niu
TAXI DRIVER
TAXI DRIVER
Although the members of Taxi Shifu Reading Club are adults between 30 to 80 years old, we often have students helping us out. They are the junior volunteers of NLB. I hope that by spending time with us, these young ones will be inspired to start their own reading clubs in future. I AM REALLY HEARTENED THAT NLB IS FAR-SIGHTED WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTING READING TO OUR NEXT GENERATION.
EVERY MOMENT OF VOLUNTEERING WITH THE LIBRARY WAS SPECIAL.
Gunasekaran Gautham Kumar
STUDENT
STUDENT
EVERY MOMENT OF VOLUNTEERING WITH THE LIBRARY WAS SPECIAL.The staff were friendly and they taught us many things. I learnt something different from each and every one of them.
I GOT TO KNOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS WHEN WE WERE HELPING TO DIGITISE TRIBUTES TO OUR LATE FOUNDING FATHER MR LEE KUAN YEW.
Ahmad Izzuddynn Bin Zakhiyon
STUDENT
STUDENT
I GOT TO KNOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS WHEN WE WERE HELPING TO DIGITISE TRIBUTES TO OUR LATE FOUNDING FATHER MR LEE KUAN YEW.While everyone came from different backgrounds, we had a memorable time together.
WHAT STRUCK ME MOST WAS SEEING MANY PEOPLE, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, TAKING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO JOIN US.
Yassin Bin Mohd Jalil
STUDENT
STUDENT
WHAT STRUCK ME MOST WAS SEEING MANY PEOPLE, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, TAKING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO JOIN US in digitising the tributes to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. This shows that people still remember and care about Mr Lee and are willing to honour him by contributing.
I AM EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT STORYTELLING BECAUSE STORYTELLING MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO.
Hong Whvan Hsin
STUDENT
STUDENT
Storytelling is my passion. It is also a craft that I am constantly trying to sharpen. I AM EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT STORYTELLING BECAUSE STORYTELLING MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO. Stories contain subtle signs, and telling the story is like passing the message. It is a craft in the sense that there are various ways to tell a story.
IT WAS FULFILLING TO SPEND MY SATURDAYS WITH THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION AMAZED ME.
Jensrani d/o Thangavel
RETIRED EDUCATOR
RETIRED EDUCATOR
The volunteering experience showed me that in a span of 10 sessions, I could influence young children through reading and writing. IT WAS FULFILLING TO SPEND MY SATURDAYS WITH THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION AMAZED ME. In fact they have inspired me to write my own book!
TO ME, STORIES TRANSPORT A PERSON TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
Arin Herbert
STUDENT
STUDENT
I once volunteered to participate in the storytelling session in a library where I had to wear a big fancy dress and act as Sleeping Beauty. TO ME, STORIES TRANSPORT A PERSON TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. For example, when you read Aladdin you can picture yourself smelling the aroma of spices as you see Aladdin walking in the market place with his monkey Abu.
I WANTED TO HELP NLB DIGITISE THOSE TRIBUTES SO THAT OTHERS COULD READ ABOUT THEM SOONER.
Yeo Hong Eng
RETIRED EDUCATOR
RETIRED EDUCATOR
I love books. I love to read. When I was young, I was deprived of reading as books in those days (immediately after World War II) were not easy to come by. When digitising the tributes to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I looked forward to be the first to read what others have written about him. I WANTED TO HELP NLB DIGITISE THOSE TRIBUTES SO THAT OTHERS COULD READ ABOUT THEM SOONER.
FOR ME, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
Huang Jierui, Pauline
OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
I am most fascinated by how different every volunteer at the kidsREAD programme tells a story. Each one is as unique as a snowflake, yet all are engaging to both the children and myself as an adult! FOR ME, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS when it comes to storytelling, as well as the handling of the children.
AS I SERVED LIBRARY USERS' NEEDS, I GRADUALLY GOT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CHINESE CULTURE.
Tomoko Kurahashi
HOMEMAKER
HOMEMAKER
I am interested in libraries and heard that library@chinatown is volunteer-driven. Therefore, I chose to volunteer there in order to learn how a volunteer-driven library works. AS I SERVED LIBRARY USERS' NEEDS, I GRADUALLY GOT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CHINESE CULTURE. There were library users who kindly taught me how to pronounce some Chinese words.
LIBRARIAN, LIBRARIES OF THE FUTURE
I design and create the Libraries of the Future.
ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN, CONTENT & SERVICES
I ensure that the National Library is the premium resource centre for researchers.MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & DEVELOPMENT
I build NLB's partnerships with international libraries. SENIOR LIBRARY OFFICER, SENGKANG PUBLIC LIBRARY
I promote reading and make our libraries more accessible.ASSISTANT MANAGER, ENGAGEMENT
I engage donors to enrich our library's collections. PROJECT MANAGER, ARCHITECTURE & INNOVATION
I keep NLB at the forefront of technological advancements.EXECUTIVE, ENGAGEMENT
I teach people to be S.U.R.E of the information that they find. ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN, EXHIBITIONS, CURATION & RARE COLLECTION
I curate rare materials in the library and keep them safe.MANAGER, ENGAGEMENT
I crowdsource memories related to Singapore. SENIOR LIBRARY OFFICER, JURONG REGIONAL LIBRARY
I make libraries accessible to all across the island.SENIOR OFFICER, CSR & VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, JURONG REGIONAL LIBRARY
I work with volunteers to achieve great things. ARCHIVIST, AUDIO VISUAL ARCHIVES
I restore audio-visual materials to bring records of history to life.OFFICER, ARCHIVES SERVICES
I preserve books for future generations so they can continue learning from them. SPECIALIST, ORAL HISTORY CENTRE
I record personal stories from all walks of life. ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN, CONTENT & SERVICES
I cultivate the love of reading in students.ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN, SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
I work with artists to bring quality arts programmes to you.ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN, MARINE PARADE PUBLIC LIBRARY
I bring the joy of reading to the elderly.ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN, SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
I promote the love of reading in mother tongue languages.ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, EXHIBITIONS, CURATION & RARE COLLECTION
I curate meaningful exhibitions where people can learn.MANAGER, QUALITY SERVICE MANAGEMENT / CUSTOMER RELATIONS
I respond to your queries promptly and ensure that you can have a delightful experience at our libraries and archives.
Our Singapore Memory Project (SMP) celebrated Singapore's 50th birthday with the launch of Past Forward, a showcase of 72 projects that received support from the irememberSG Fund.
Reopened in October 2014, library@orchard is themed "Design is for everyone" and centred on lifestyle, design and the applied arts.
Divided into The Studio and The Loft, it features a collection size of approximately 100,000 titles and remains the library to discover all things new and trendy.
Following its successful pilot at library@chinatown, the enhanced AutoSorter system was introduced to Sembawang Public Library in November 2014 and Pasir Ris Public Library in November 2015.
The AutoSorter can automatically scan and sort returned items into specific categories for easy shelving. It can also identify popular titles and put them back on the shelves faster, so that others can borrow them.
Situated within the popular White Sands Shopping Centre, Pasir Ris Public Library was officially reopened in November 2015. The redesigned library covers an area of 1,986 square meters, and is the first shopping mall library to feature a special teens' mezzanine, a dedicated space for teens to hang out, both for reading and leisure.
Literature (ACL) collection
Our 24,000-volume Asian Children's Literature (ACL) collection, located at the Woodlands Regional Library, has been painstakingly built up over half a century. It is recognised by the UNESCO as one of the "nationally and internationally significant library collections".
The collection serves a broad spectrum of readers such as researchers, teachers and parents looking for bedtime stories for their children, as well as the young who love fascinating tales. Our patrons can borrow from about 7,200 books in 4 official languages.
world's first green library for kids
My Tree House located at the Central Public Library was opened on 31 May 2013 by Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim. Developed in collaboration with City Developments Limited (CDL), this unique eco library facilitates environmental literacy in children. It was awarded the Green Mark Platinum Award by the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore.
library@chinatown is our first volunteer-run library in Singapore sponsored by Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple and CP1 Pte Ltd. It is also NLB's first themed library on Chinese arts and culture. The library operates optimally with the help of volunteers and self-service library kiosks. library@chinatown turned three on 4 March 2016. We now have 80 volunteers who assist with day-to-day library operations.
Archives Online provides 24/7 access to National Archives of Singapore's various databases and materials such as photographs, maps and plans, oral history and audio-visual recordings.
National Library in the 1960s
1966 Singapore Grand Prix
Berita Singapura collection
This collection is a series of news magazine footages produced by the Ministry of Culture in four official languages and Chinese dialects in the 1960s to document the economic and social-cultural development of Singapore. Find out more
Oral history records
Our Oral History Centre has been conducting interviews with individuals and recording accounts of Singapore's history since 1979. These oral history recordings are now available online.
National Day Rally speeches and National Day Messages
The public can now view all the National Day Rally speeches and National Day Messages from 1965 to 2015. This collection was assembled from silent film footages and sound-only films and tapes by the audio-visual team at the National Archives of Singapore. These highlights include the English and Hokkien speeches by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew during the 1968 National Day Rally.
For more information : National Day Rally speeches | National Day Messages
Our one-stop online resource platform offers 70 databases with access to 4 million copies of e-books, 4000 titles of electronic newspaper in 60 languages and 40,000 music tracks, in addition to e-journals, e-comics and e-magazines.
Patrons are also able to access an electronic encyclopedia with a collection of articles on Singapore's history, culture, people and events, written by our librarians; a collection of pictures and photographs showcasing the cultural, geographical, historical and sociological development of Singapore; and over 400 digitised works by prominent Singapore artists.
As more people take their reading online, this collection that offers digital and audio books, newspapers and magazines from various genres and in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil is gaining popularity over the years.
From the Stacks: Highlights of the National Library is an 8-month long exhibition from February to September 2016 that features over 100 artefacts from the NLB's Rare Materials Collection, dating back to the 18 century. Visitors will get to see letters penned by Sir Stamford Raffles and his wife Lady Sophia; an intricate "Loyalty Address" presented by local Chinese merchants to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in homage of his visit to Singapore in December 1869.
Haji's nursery rhymes
Listen to popular nursery rhymes like Baa Baa Black Sheep and Jack and Jill in Malay.
Sir Stamford Raffles' private lettersThese include a letter from his wife, Lady Sophia, who professed her love for her husband.
Chinese-Malay dictionaryA Malay dictionary that needs to be read in Hokkien or Teochew.
Qur'an printed in Singapore in 1869One of the earliest copies printed in Kampong Glam.
First Singapore cookbookWritten by Ellice Handy, this book was dubbed 'the bible of Singapore cooking'.
Since March 2015, the Citizen Archivist Project initiated by National Archives of Singapore has been crowdsourcing with the help of Singaporeans to describe many unidentified photos and transcribe manuscripts of the Straits Settlement Records on Archives Online. To date, over 1,700 photos have been described and more than 10,000 manuscripts have been transcribed. Members of the public can now also transcribe audio recordings of oral history accounts.
The photo below dated 10th September 1965 shows a street stall selling different types of moon cakes.
An interesting example of the Straits Settlement Records is the manuscript above dated 30th November 1863 that describes the alarming increase of deaths by tigers in Singapore.
collection of short films
This collection of films by Rajendra Gour is some of the earliest known local short films in the 1960s and 1970s. Before the likes of Eric Khoo and Anthony Chen, these locally made short films were screened and won awards at international film festivals, no mean feat for an independent local filmmaker during those decades. These experimental travelogues and docu-films represent the dreams and hopes of a Singaporean. Find out more
Labour of Love – The Housewife (1978),
a film by Rajendra Gour
The National Library Board (NLB) is established under the National Library Board Act (Chapter 197) and is governed by the statutory functions and constitution set out in the NLB Act. A Board comprising the Chairman and 14 non-executive members from sectors such as academia, the finance and social sectors, and public institutions guides NLB in the performance of its functions to the public. With their diverse backgrounds and experience, members of the Board are well placed to provide NLB with strategic leadership as well as to put in place effective controls to meet the highest standards of governance. There is also one observer from the Ministry of Communications and Information.
The Board reviews and oversees NLB's plans, performance and policies; ensures accountability in its operations; and develops mechanisms for gathering and responding to stakeholders' feedback. Board members helm seven committees. These are: the Audit Committee, the Establishment Committee, the Finance Committee, the National Library Advisory Committee, the Public Library Advisory Committee, the Innovation & Technology Advisory Committee and the National Archives Advisory Committee.
An Internal Audit Unit further strengthens NLB's corporate governance. Reporting directly to the Chairman of the Audit Committee and administratively to the Chief Executive Officer, the Internal Audit Unit reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of NLB's internal control system.
This includes evaluating policies, procedures and systems to assess the integrity of financial and operating information, compliance with laws and regulations, and economical and efficient use of resources.
All NLB staff also uphold public trust by complying with a Code of Ethics and Conduct. NLB staff are empowered to report potential ethical breaches confidentially to the Board's Establishment Committee.
As a charity, NLB adheres to the recommended guidelines set out in the Code of Governance for Charities and Institutions of Public Character proposed by the Charity Council (the Code). NLB openly discloses its corporate governance practices covering board governance, conflict of interest policy and other relevant governance practices and controls on an annual basis. Any deviations from the Code are also explained as part of this annual submission. NLB continually seeks to improve governance to maintain the trust and confidence of our stakeholders.
The members of the Board are paid allowances based on a tiered structure, which takes into consideration the different workload and responsibilities held by the various members. Ten of our Board members receive an annual allowance of between $10,000 to $25,000, while five members receive an annual allowance of between $5,000 to $10,000.
The annual remuneration of our four highest paid executives is between $250,000 and $500,000. This comprises their salary, bonus, benefits and employers' CPF contribution.
NLB manages its reserves proactively to ensure funding sustainability for operating expenditure as well as long term commitments. The quantum of minimum and maximum cash reserve, taking into account working capital needs and long-term commitments, is reviewed and approved annually by the Finance Committee of the Board. Our Board regularly reviews our financial results and position via quarterly management reports. The cash reserve as at the balance sheet date was below one year's annual expenditure.
DONORS
Who Enriched Our Collections & Archives
National Library's Rare Collection
Associate Professor Farish A. NoorMr John Koh
Mr Koh Seow Chuan
Messrs Lee Kip Lee & Lee Kip Lin Family
Archives
Mrs Lee Kip Lin
Family of the late Mr Ng Mong Guan
Mr Peter Lee
National Library's Singapore & Southeast Asia Collections
IndividualsMr Alex Abisheganaden
Mr Arun Mahizhnan
Mr Du Hung
The late Mr Iskandar Ismail
Mrs K Shanmugam
Emeritus Prof Koh Kheng-Lian
Dr Larry Francis Hilarian
Family of the late Mr Lau Liat Meng
Mdm Lim Geok Leng
Ms Patricia Chen
Mdm Peng Lee Er
Radha Madhav Satsang
Mr Raymond Ng
Mr S A Nathan
Mr Say Lee Tou
Mr Shi Ying
Mr Soh Shong Ying
The late Mr S R Nathan
Ms Stella Kon
Mr Suratman Markasan
Mr Tan Ah Kang
Mr Tan Swie Hian
Ustaz Ahmad Sonhadji
Professor Wang Gungwu
William and Judith Bollinger
Mr Yeo Oi Sang
Mrs Yeo Siew Khim
Mr Zhou Can
Organisations/Groups
81(P.R.) Squadron R.A.F. Seletar,Singapore
Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE)
Civil Service College (CSC)
Composers & Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS)
Health Promotion Board
Hwa Chong Institution
Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Maulud (LBKM)
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)
SAFTI MI Library
The Shanghai Book Company (Pte) Limited
Singapore I-Lien Drama Society
Singapore Polytechnic
The Substation
White Cloud Record Pte Ltd
W!LD RICE LTD
Public Call for Archives
Mr Chan Ban LokeMr Chan Chin Hsi
Mr Foo Seck Tong
Mr Foo Shang Wee
Mr Ho Kok Foo
Mr Ho Tat Twe
Ms Joyce Loo
Mr Kan Tat Yin
Mr Keng Ah Wong
Mrs Kiang-Koh Lai Lin
Mr Leong Sing Wee
Mr Leong Tai Loon
Mr Lim Choo Kung
Mr Lim Jit Twark
Mr Lim Kheng Chye
Mr Lim Kheng Jun
Mr Lim Siok Poh
Mr Lim Yam Meng
Ms Loh Swee Lin
Mr Ow Peng Hoong
Mr Poh Kheng Cheok
Ms Tan Mui Tin
Ms Tan Teng Teng
Ms Teo Ah Hui
Mr Teo Khai Mun, Dan
Mr Wu Fook Weng
Ms Yong Ek Mui
Archival Collections
Mr Akemi SaitoMr Allen Goh
Mr Chia Seng Chee
Mr Chow Chan Wai
Chuan Pictures
ComicBook Pte Ltd
Messrs Cynthia and Neill Tanner
Mr David Gabain
EN Films Pte Ltd
Freestate Productions
Mr George Gilchrist
George Town World Heritage Incorporated
German Embassy
Mr Glyn Wright
Mr Hong Ding Hean
Institut national de l'audiovisuel
Mr James Geoffrey Gilles
Mr James Ow-Yeong
Katong Presbyterian Church
K Muthiah @ Mu Mu Muthia
Mr Leong Weng Kee Philip
Mr Martin Hall
Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Millenia Motion Pictures Pte Ltd
Mr Mitsuharu Nishimoto
Monochromatic Pictures
Mr Pan Seng Tat
Reel Loco Productions Pte Ltd
Mr Robert Hebblewhite
Mr Ron Bachell
SAFRA Radio
Ms Sharon Lim Ming Chu
StarHub Ltd
Mr Tio Phaik Hooi
Mr Tony Shaw
Vertigo Pictures LLP
Mr Victor Pang
Dr Wong Hee Ong
Mr Xie Shengzhi
SPONSORS
of Libraries & Archives
library@chinatown
CP1 Pte. Ltd.Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
"My Tree House"
The Worl d's First Green Librar y for Kids
Mobile Libraries
Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho TempleJoint Technical Symposium 2016
Alkem Company Pte LtdAV Preservation by reto.ch
Charles and Keith Group
Civica
Dalet Digital Media Systems
DAMsmart
Fotohub Group
Koufu
Lee Foundation
NEC Asia Pacific
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision NOA GmbH
Rei Foundation Limited
Sheng Siong Supermarket
UBS Library Services Pte Ltd
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
VSolutions Pte Ltd
PARTNERS
Who Brought Our Books to the Less Privileged at Home & Abroad
Charity Book Donation
Acacia Welfare Home, SingaporeAnglo-Chinese School (Independent)
APSN Centre for Adults (Student Care Centre)
APSN Tanglin School
Bedok Church of Christ
Bendemeer Secondary School
Bhutan's National Newspaper (Bhutan Shop and Kuensel)
Boon Lay CC Youth Executive Committee
Boys' Home and Girls' Home under Ministry of Social & Family Development
Cheng San Family Service Centre (AMK FSC)
Chinese Development Assistance Council - Student Care Corner @ Bendemeer
Club Rainbow
Coral Primary School
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Delta Senior School
Dunman High School Youth Alumni
Econ Health & Wellness Centre Pte Ltd
EFATA Christian School
Esco Micro Pte Ltd
Faith Educare Centre
Hillside Rosyth Neighbourhood Committee
Hwi Yoh Ville RC Youth Centre
ITE College Central
Kris Energy
Millennia Institute
National Book Development Council of Singapore
National Junior College
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
NTU Hall of Residence 10 Overseas
Community Involvement Programme at Jakarta, Indonesia
NTU Hall of Residence 11 Overseas
Community Involvement Programme at Nagarkot, Nepal
NTU School of Business and Accountancy
NTUC First Campus – My First School
NTUC First Campus, Student Care Pte Ltd
NTUC Health Nursing Home (Jurong East)
Overseas Union Bank
Pasir Panjang Church of Christ
PCF Sparkle tots @ Punggol North
PCF Sparkle tots @ Sengkang Central
Poi Ching Student Care Centre
PPIS Student Care Centre
Raffles Student Care LLP (Hougang Primary School)
Raffles Student Care LLP (North Spring Primary School)
Raffles Student Care LLP (Punggol View Primary School)
Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School
Rotaract Club of NTU
Saigon Star International School at Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore Indian Development Association
Singapore International Foundation
Singapore Management University
Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd
Sony Electronics Asia Pacific
St. George's West RC
Tanoto Foundation
Viran Orphanage, Batam
Yishun Community Hospital
Young Sikh Association
Project Deliver Me
Asian Women's Welfare AssociationDisabled People's Association
Handicaps Welfare Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association (Singapore)
Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
Singapore Cheshire Home
Society of the Physically Disabled
NLB Reading Corners at Senior Activity Centres
Alexandra Health Centre 1 at YishunAlexandra Health Centre 2 at Yishun
Alexandra Health Centre 3 at Yishun
Asian Women's Welfare Association(AWWA) Readycare Centre
NTUC Health SilverACE Senior ActivityCentre at Bukit Merah
NTUC Health SilverACE Senior ActivityCentre at Lengkok Bahru
NTUC Health SilverACE Senior ActivityCentre at Redhill
NTUC Health SilverACE Senior ActivityCentre at Telok Blangah
NTUC Health SilverCOVE Senior WellnessCentre at Marsiling
Thye Hua Kwan Senior Services Centre at Taman Jurong
Thye Hua Kwan Social Service Hub at Bukit Batok East
