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ST20230427_202378497119/amlibrary/Amelia Teng/Jason Quah Bedok South Secondary School students Natasha Ilaria and Lam Jun Yang with teachers Ms Joanne Lee and Ms Isaacs Dichen Grace (purple) in the school library on Apr 27, 2023.

Ms Joanne Lee (left), Bedok South Secondary School's library coordinator, and Ms Isaacs Dichen Grace, head of department for English language and literature, with students Lam Jun Yang and Natasha Ilaria.

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SINGAPORE - In the past few years, Bedok South Secondary School has hosted other schools keen to find out how it had renovated its library, which reopened in February 2019. 

Its library is now a brighter and more inviting space, with fewer books so students are not overwhelmed by cluttered shelves. 

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