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The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of The Straits Times available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010.
The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, [7] and was closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power. [ 8 ] In 1971, the Government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies; saw the closing of The Eastern ...
The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. [2] [3] [4] Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience.
National Library Building is the headquarters of the National Library Board. Bishan Public Library Jurong Regional Library. The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. [1]
The paper establishes itself as a broadsheet with local news coverage, while international news tend to be largely centred on the East Asia region, with a section dedicated to China. Zaobao has an East Asian correspondent network spanning Beijing , Chongqing , Shanghai , Guangzhou , Hong Kong , Taipei , Seoul and Tokyo .
Eastern Sun was founded in 1966 [1] by Aw Kow, the son of Tiger Balm founder Aw Boon Haw, using HK$3 million that he borrowed from a communist news agency based in Hong Kong. [2] In return, Aw had to repay the loan at a "ridiculously low rate interest of 0.1 percent per annum". [3] Soon after the newspaper started, they faced financial problems.
Marine Parade Public Library is a public library in Marine Parade, Singapore.It is co-located with Marine Parade Community Club in the Marine Parade Community Building.It is the first public library owned by the National Library Board to be located inside a community building. [1]
It was the first full-time Branch Library to be built by the National Library in its plan to decentralise home reading services. It pioneered several firsts amongst Branch Libraries, including becoming the first fully air-conditioned Branch in 1978, computerising its loan services in 1987, and lending video cassettes in 1997.