NEW NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING
Parliament of Singapore · 16 March 1990
Official Report, 16 March 1990, Vol 55, Issue 6 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
The following Question stood in the name of Mr Chew Heng Ching -
Mr Chew Heng Ching: To ask the Minister for Community Development what is the progress regarding his Ministry's plan to build a modern National Library to replace the existing one at Stamford Road.
Mr Chng Hee Kok (Tiong Bahru GRC): Question No. 2, Sir.
The Minister of State for Community Development (Dr Seet Ai Mee) (for the Minister for Community Development): Mr Speaker, Sir, I am replying on behalf of my Minister.
I am pleased to inform the House that the former Raffles Girls' School site at Queen Street has been earmarked for the new National Library Building.
A library consultant for the project will be appointed in April this year. He will advise the Director, National Library, in the planning of the new National LIbrary Building, including provisions for state-of-the-art library technology.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 March 1990. Republished on SGParliament.