Toa Payoh Community Library
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The Toa Payoh Community Library (Chinese: 大巴窑社区图书馆) is an established library located in the Toa Payoh
Town Centre, opened on 7 February 1974. It consists of three floors and has a large floor area of approximately 4125 m².
became a statutory board.
It then went under major renovation in 1997, before reopening on 9 May 1999 by Mr Wong Kan Seng
, the then Minister for Home Affairs. It then featured new facilities for the benefit of its users, such as the Senior Citizens' Room.
, which are English
, Chinese
, Malay
and Tamil language
.
It also has a ship structure within the Children's section, which shelves children's books and also allows children to sit in the inside. It carries the theme of "Treasure Island
", which encourages the children to explore and imagine.
One can also access the neighbouring Délifrance
cafe from the first floor, which is connected to the library.
This floor used to have a lot of computers on the whole floor, and less space was available for shelves and seats. These computer services were for users to have paid access to the Internet. The computers were also relatively old. However, after NLB's recent upgrading of computer services, they have reduced the number to 10, and upgraded the computers to newer ones as well.
Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh is a district located in the Central Region of Singapore. It commonly refers to the Housing and Development Board housing estate of Toa Payoh New Town, one of the earliest satellite public housing estates in Singapore....
Town Centre, opened on 7 February 1974. It consists of three floors and has a large floor area of approximately 4125 m².
History
The library was initially opened on 7 February 1974 by Sha'ari Tadin, the then Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, in the place of Jek Yuen Thong, the then Minister for Culture. Initially called Toa Payoh Branch Library, it then changed its name to the current "Toa Payoh Community Library" on 1 September 1995, after the National Library BoardNational Library Board
The National Library Board is a statutory board of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore...
became a statutory board.
It then went under major renovation in 1997, before reopening on 9 May 1999 by Mr Wong Kan Seng
Wong Kan Seng
Wong Kan Seng is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he served as the country's Deputy Prime Minister from 2005 to 2011...
, the then Minister for Home Affairs. It then featured new facilities for the benefit of its users, such as the Senior Citizens' Room.
First floor
The first floor has a large array of story books for children 6-12 years old, and has several shelves of information books, as well as books in the four official languages of SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, which are English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, Malay
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
and Tamil language
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
.
It also has a ship structure within the Children's section, which shelves children's books and also allows children to sit in the inside. It carries the theme of "Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island; or, the...
", which encourages the children to explore and imagine.
One can also access the neighbouring Délifrance
Délifrance
Délifrance is a bakery company that serves "French style" bakery products in over 50 countries on five continents. It has been in operation for more than 25 years....
cafe from the first floor, which is connected to the library.
Second floor
This floor has all other kinds of books, such as adult fiction, magazines, and AV materials. There are also several IT facilities on this floor, such as the Photocopying Room and the Cashcard-Top-up counter. On top of that, there is also a Senior Citizens' Room and a Newspaper Reading Room for a quiet reading environment.This floor used to have a lot of computers on the whole floor, and less space was available for shelves and seats. These computer services were for users to have paid access to the Internet. The computers were also relatively old. However, after NLB's recent upgrading of computer services, they have reduced the number to 10, and upgraded the computers to newer ones as well.