A man who spent months collecting books and shelves to set up an open library in his Housing Board void deck in Boon Lay had a nasty shock when two bookshelves were stolen less than a day later. The chairman of the residents’ network for Boon Lay View, who wanted to be...
A man who spent months collecting books and shelves to set up an open library in his Housing Board void deck in Boon Lay had a nasty shock when two bookshelves were stolen less than a day later.
The chairman of the residents’ network for Boon Lay View, who wanted to be known only as Hengster Kor, said he spent three hours on Monday shifting and arranging the books and shelves in the void deck. “I completed the work at around 8pm. When I went down this morning to check out the area, I was shocked and saddened to see that two of the shelves had been stolen,” Mr Kor, 42, told The Straits Times on Tuesday.
“So much effort has gone into setting this up, and many of us are very excited that the project is finally happening.” The financial services consultant said he came up with the idea for the open library when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, but it was delayed because he did not have enough books at the time.
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