Singapore Press Holdings Resource Centres

The Singapore Press Holdings has two resource centres. The Chinese Newspapers Division (CND) Resource Centre serves the Chinese Newspapers Division at News Centre, Genting Lane. The English and Malay Newspapers Division (EMND) Library, which serves the English and Malay Newspapers Division, is based at Times House, Kim Seng Road. Both libraries have rich collections of newspapers, news articles and pictures. Some of these records are probably the only information existing today. These cover various subjects related to Chinese Overseas, especially of those in Singapore and Malaysia, amongst many other diversified news items and current affairs articles.

The newspapers that are kept in the CND Resource Centre are:

• Lianhe Zaobao (since Apr 1983)
  
• Lianhe Wanbao (since 16 Mar 1983)
  
• Shin Min Daily News (since Apr 1967)
  
• Friday Weekly (since Feb 1991)
  
• Nanyang Siang Pau (Feb 1923 – Mar 1983)
  
• Sin Chew Jit Poh (Jan 1929 – Mar 1983)
  
• Nanyang Fu Kan (Sep 1945 and 15 Mar – 6 May 1971)
  
• Nanyang Zhou Kan (Nov 1971 – Dec 1981)
  
• Chuang Zao (23 Jul 1955 – 3 Mar 1956)
  
• Xin Yi Dai Biweekly (1976 – 1977)
  
• Jing Ji Shi Bao (Jan 1968 – Dec 1969)
  
• Kuai Bao (Sep 1980 – Aug and Sept 1983)
  
• Ming Bao (19 Mar 1960 – Feb 1962; Jan 1980 – Aug 1983; Apr 1984 – Aug 1984)
  
• Nan Fang Wanbao (16 Oct 1950 – 1 Dec 1969)
  
• People’s Assoication Newspaper (16 Nov 1962 – 1 Dec 1969)
  
• Xin Bao (Jan 1953 – Dec 1953; Aug 1954 – Mar 1957)
  
• Xin Sheng Ri Bao (16 Jan 1961 – Dec 1963)
  
• Ying Hua (16 Jan – 30 Sept 1961)

The newspapers that are kept in the EMND Library are:

• Berita Harian (Malay newspaper, since Jul 1957)
  
• Business Times (since Oct 1976)
  
• New Nation (18 Jan 1971 – 14 Nov 1982)
  
• The New Paper (since 26 Jul 1988)
  
• Singapore Daily Times (13 Jan 1866 – 30 Dec 1882)
  
• Singapore Free Press (Jan 1845 – 28 Feb 1962)
  
• Singapore Monitor (1 Feb 1983 – 14 Jul 1985)
  
• Singapore Standard (Jan 1954 – Jun 1958)
  
• Straits Times (since 15 Jul 1845)
  
• Straits Times Weekly Edition (since May 1993)
  
• Straits Times Weekly Issue (8 Jan 1883 –26 Dec 1893)
  
• Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition (Sep 1987 – Apr 1993)
  
• Syonan Sinbun Singapore (8 Dec 1942 – 7 Dec 1943)
  
• Syonan Shimbun Singapore (8 Dec 1943 – 4 Sep 1945)
  (The last two were published during the Japanese occupation)

EMND Library provides fee-based services to external users. Please call 730 5726 or 730 5508 to make an appointment, or

write in to:
The Librarian
English and Malay Newspaper Division
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
390, Kim Seng Road
Singapore 239495
Fax: (65) 737 1543
Email: stlib@cyberway.com.sg or weytze@sph.com.sg

For CND Resource Centre, please call 740 5194 or 740 1966 to make an appointment, or

write in to:
The Librarian
Resource Centre
Chinese Newspapers Division
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
News Centre, Level 4
82 Genting Lane
Singapore 349567
Fax: 7424377
Email: chanmk@sph.com.sg

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