YISHUN NEW TOWN (Public library)

Parliament of Singapore · 26 March 1986

Official Report, 26 March 1986, Vol 47, Issue 15 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Koh Lip LinWong Kan Seng

Dr Koh Lip Lin asked the Acting Minister for Community Development whether there are plans to provide Yishun New Town with a public library.

The Acting Minister for Community Development (Mr Wong Kan Seng): The National Library has plans to build a branch library in Yishun New Town. The Yishun Branch Library will form part of the Library's Second Development Plan (1988-92) which also includes new branches at Hougang and Tampines new towns.

Construction of the Yishun Library is expected to begin in mid-1988 and is scheduled to complete by the end of 1990. The Yishun Branch Library will serve the residents of Yishun, Sembawang, Mandai and the Upper Thomson areas.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 26 March 1986. Republished on SGParliament.