[1] It was officially reopened by the then Parliamentary Secretary, MINDEF and Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee on that same day.

[7] Bukit Merah Branch Library was originally planned in 1972, with the intention of being located at Telok Blangah New Town Centre, however, due to issues in securing the land the project was postponed.

[8][9] On 12 January 2019, library@harbourfront was officially opened by the Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-Charge of Cyber Security, MP for West Coast GRC S. Iswaran.

Located on the 3rd floor of VivoCity, the library is designed with two distinct zones appealing to adults, teens and children.

The adults and teens section will be run by volunteers who will help to find and shelve books.