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Perpustakaan Negara. Tamil name. Tamil. தேசிய நூலகம். The National Library, Singapore is the flagship national library of Singapore. A subsidiary of the National Library Board (NLB), it is located on an 11,304–square metre site in Victoria Street within the Downtown Core. It is the country's largest public library.
The present Bugis Street, developed from New Bugis Street. Bugis (Kampong Bugis in Malay) is an area in Singapore that covers Bugis Street now located within the Bugis Junction shopping mall. [1][2] Bugis Street was renowned internationally from the 1950s to the 1980s for its nightly gathering of transvestites and transsexuals, a phenomenon ...
The Bugis-Malay, also known as Malay-Bugis, Melayu-Bugis or Peranakan Bugis, refers to a cultural and ethnic group with heritage rooted in both Malay and Bugis communities, typically comprising individuals of mixed Malay and South Sulawesi ancestry. This group descends from multiple waves of migration from South Sulawesi, particularly to Johor ...
Punggol Regional Library. Punggol Regional Library (Chinese: 榜鹅区域图书馆; Malay: Perpustakaan Wilayah Punggol) is a regional library located in Punggol, Singapore within One Punggol, with a connecting bridge to Sam Kee LRT station and within walking distances of Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange, Waterway Point and Punggol MRT/LRT ...
Bugis MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East–West (EWL) and Downtown (DTL) lines. Situated in Bugis, Singapore, the station is underneath the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street. Various developments surrounding the station include Bugis Junction, Raffles Hospital and the National Library.
In 1819, conflicts between the Dutch and Bugis result in a number of Bugis leaving Riau, and soon after Raffles arrival to Singapore, a group of 500 Bugis led by Chieftain Arong Bilawa fled to Singapore. [17] By the time of the first census in 1824, there were 1,951 Bugis recorded in Singapore, over 18% of the island's population of 10,683. [10]
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 national libraries of Singapore house books in all four official languages of Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay and ...
Central Public Library. Cheng San Public Library. Choa Chu Kang Public Library. Clementi Public Library. Geylang East Public Library. Jurong West Public Library. library@chinatown. library@esplanade. library@harbourfront (Replaced Bukit Merah Public Library, opened in 2019)