Ana Book Store
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The Ana Book Store is a second-hand bookstore in stall 1, floor 5 of Far East Plaza, 14 Scots road, Singapore owned by a 70 year old bengali man named Mohd Noorul Islam. It is the last second hand bookstore in Orchard road.[1] [2][3][4]The name, Ana came from the owner’s mother, Sultana.[5]
History[edit]
The Modern Book Store was founded in 1939 by M. Mohd Aksir who came from then East Pakistan now known as Bangladesh in the year 1938. He set up the store in Singapore’s Bras Basah road. In 1978, M. Mohd Aksir and his father died leaving Aksir’s son, Mohd Noorul Islam to run the store, who then changed the name to the Ana Book Store. The store was later moved to Far East Plaza in 1993 when the building housing it was destroyed. During those days customers dubbed Noorul Islam as the “Mr Bean of Singapore” something that local newspapers caught on garnering the store more publicity.[6][7]
References[edit]
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- ^ "This 70-year-old S'porean runs the last 2nd-hand bookstore in Orchard Rd, ministers & judges among customers". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ Team, The Must Share News (2019-08-15). "Ana Book Store Sells Secondhand Books Below $10; Elderly Man Runs It Alone At Far East Plaza". Must Share News - Independent News For Singaporeans. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ "30-year-old secondhand book store survives against the odds". The Business Times. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ Correspondent, Toh Wen LiArts (2022-04-23). "A tale of two bookstores: Born in a bookshop, he keeps it going today". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ "This 70-year-old S'porean runs the last 2nd-hand bookstore in Orchard Rd, ministers & judges among customers". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ The Secondhand Book Seller | On The Red Dot. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2024-06-29 – via YouTube.
- ^ Boon Lai, Hali (1997-11-03). "eresources.nlb.gov.sg". The Straits Times. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-29.