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Library@Orchard moves out of Ngee Ann City
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 30 November 2007 2255 hrs

 
 
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SINGAPORE: The Library at Orchard has moved out of Ngee Ann City.

Opened in October 1999, it was the first lifestyle library designed to appeal to the young at heart.

Library staff threw a moving-on party worthy of the library's young, funky image, with musical performances and good food.

But no tears were shed, because the library will reopen in 2010 at the *scape space near Orchard Cineleisure, and it will be called the library@*scape. A second library will also open at another as yet unconfirmed location along Orchard Road.

The new libraries promise to be bigger and offer a wider selection of books.

"(There will) probably be more space, more lounge (area), more tables and chairs for us to sit down, and maybe even more power-plugs, so we can bring our laptops and just sit down there and waste a few hours in the library and just relax," said Dr N Varaprasad, Chief Executive of the National Library Board.

"We will offer segmented services, (it'll be) a lot more lively. The good thing is that we will all have twice the amount of space as this single one, so it means quite a lot more resources, quite a lot more breathing space. We will be equally hip, and it will be up-to-date."

- CNA/yb

 

 



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