Jurong Regional Library (

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: ''Perpustakaan Wilayah Jurong'') is a public library located in Jurong East, Singapore. It is located next to

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and is within walking distances of

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and

Jurong East MRT station Jurong East MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South (NSL) (which terminates at this station) and East West (EWL) lines in Jurong East, Singapore, operated by SMRT Trains. It is located at th ...

. It is the third regional library to be completed after the

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and Woodlands regional libraries and is currently the largest public library under the National Library Board network of public libraries. During the construction of the National Library building, it temporarily housed the main collections of the reference library until the opening of the new building on 22 July 2005.

History

The library was first opened on 1 August 1988 as Jurong East Community Library by Ho Kah Leong who was the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Communications & Information) and Member of Parliament for Jurong Constituency. It was subsequently closed in June 2003 for upgrading works. After the completion of its refurbishment in 2004, it was re-opened as Jurong Regional Library on 4 June that year by the then Acting Minister for Education,

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