selecting candidates, 101, 333
united front with the communists, 37, 47, 49–50, 57, 269–72, 275
victory over communists, 60
People’s Progressive Party, Malaya, 79
Philippines, 21, 113, 119, 123, 148, 149, 206, 236, 257, 338, 372, 378, 379, 398, 439
Plen, the, see Fang Chuang Pi
Poh Soo Kai, 202, 420
Political Study Centre, 92, 317–20, 362
Preservation of Public Security Order (PPSO), 203, 204, 412
Progressive Party, 35, 37, 44, 47, 56, 269, 275
Public Service
Commission (PSC), 103, 237, 358, 417
Punjab, 213
Puthucheary, Dominic, 62
Puthucheary, James, 50, 60, 70, 274, 277
Raffles College, 14, 26, 31
Raffles Institution, 14, 26, 27, 395
Rajah, A.P., 35, 47
Rajah, T.T., 50
Rajaratnam, S., 35, 47, 64, 65, 81, 90, 157, 270
Ramos, Fidel, 148, 378
Reagan, Ronald, 221, 244, 385
Religious Harmony Act, 190
riots, 45, 50, 51, 65, 134, 201, 213, 241, 270, 308, 429, 430, 440, 442
Rotary Club, 112, 343
Russia, 63, 149, 154, 167, 272, 393, 431
Sabah, 74, 77, 80, 82, 298, 300, 301, 304, 310, see also North Borneo
Said Zahari, 62
Samad Ismail, 47, 62
Sarawak, 69, 77, 82, 282, 298, 300, 301, 304, 310, 445
Sarawak United People’s Party, 79, 80
Selkirk, Lord, 273, 274, 277
Seow Huan Nio, 23
Shell system of appraisal, 101, 103, 237, 331–2
Sheng Nam Chin, 57
Sihanouk, Prince, 307
Singapore:
Cabinet (1959), 157
civil service, 35, 45, 92, 94, 196, 270, 315, 317–20, 321–3, 324, 328, 330, 331, 363, 418
crime and punishment, 193–4, 203, 205, 414–18
economic policy, 108–23
economic sectors, 348–9
education policy, 113, 114, 265, 278, 285, 324, 345–50, 364, 393–5, 404–5
elections:
1955 – 35, 36, 45, 47, 49, 263
1959 – 37, 38
1963 – 70, 288, 335
Anson by-election, 57, 273
Hong Lim by-election, 71, 327
environment, 11–12, 230
ethnic composition, 68, 281, 282, 316, 428–9, 440
housing, 15, 115, 139, 183, 184, 264, 265, 310, 334–5, 341, 364
judiciary, 146, 337, 417 “jungle girl” case, 201, 213
jury system, 199
medical issues, 15, 157, 323, 341
newspapers in, 316, 432–4, 439–41
postmen’s strike, 35, 36, 44, 269
Shared Values, 189
Singapore Airlines, 355, 360–1, 445–6
Singapore Armed Forces, 90
Singapore Bus Service, 118, 352
Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 47, 356, 359
Singapore Democratic Party, 146, 337
Singapore Herald, 215, 218, 433
Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda), 165
Singapore National Employers Federation, 355–6
Singapore People’s Party, 146, 337
Singapore Polytechnic, 114, 347
Singapore Press Holdings survey on safety, 205
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, 101
Singapore workers:
American view, 356–8
German view, 357–8
Japanese view, 357–8
Singh, Jamit, 53
Skills Development Fund, 358
Socialist Front, Malaysia, 297
South Korea, 108, 122, 134, 147, 151, 174, 177, 206, 332–3, 361, 374–5, 396, 409, 441
Soviet Union, 149, 151, 353, 373, 390, 426
Sri Lanka, 113, 361, 439, see Ceylon
Straits Times, The, 36, 218, 311, 329, 433, 434
Suchinda, General, 377–8
Suharto, 242
Sukarno, 12, 300, 325, 369, 445
Switzerland, 173, 348, 349
Taiwan, 108, 134, 147, 177, 206, 332–3, 361, 374–5, 396, 409, 428, 436, 441
Tan, Augustine, 242
Tan, C.C., 47, 56
Tan Chong Kin, 50
Tan Siew Sin, 75, 78, 308, 309
Tan Teck Chwee, 103, 237
Tan, Tony, 243–4, 334
Tan Wee Keng, 47
Tan Wee Tiong, 47
Tanjong Pagar constituency, 25, 35, 36, 263, 335
Teh Cheang Wan, 239, 336
Telok Kurau Primary School, 14, 26
Teo Chee Hean, 173
Teo Kah Leong, 26
Thailand, 21, 113, 177, 206, 295, 373–4, 377–8, 397
Thatcher, Margaret, 332, 372–3
Thatcher, W.S., 30
Time, 221, 434, 435, 443
Toh Chin Chye, 35, 47, 50, 64, 65, 80, 81, 98, 157, 270, 273, 306, 308
trade unions, 35, 37, 110, 265, 270, 369–70
infiltration by communists, 43, 50, 271
Naval Base, 35, 53, 272
Public-Daily Employees Union Congress, 110
Singapore Bus Workers’ Union, 46, 47, 49, 53
Singapore Harbour Board, 35, 53, 335
Trade Union Congress, 50
United Democratic Party, Malaya, 79
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), 33, 58, 75, 79, 288, 291, 293, 294, 296, 300, 302, 303
United States:
American Indians, 175
Apollo 13, 86, 87, 97
drug issues, 380–1, 436
education, 349, 393
Great Society programmes, 167, 206, 391
Iraqi dilemma, 383
media, 16, 206, 211, 217, 219, 425, 438, 442
Michael Fay sentence, 193, 195
Newsweek poll on crime in the United States, 205
political system, 140–1, 147, 372–3, 376, 379, 381, 383, 384–5
violence in, 207–8, 380
wage benefits, 359
Utusan Melayu, 286, 291, 292, 296, 298, 300, 433
Utusan Zaman, 291, 292
Vietnam, 108, 167, 174, 177, 207, 233, 244, 279, 301, 332, 336, 353, 390, 396, 423, 425, 426
Washington Star, 219
Widdicombe, David, 14, 32, 33, 253
Wilson, Harold, 79, 107, 307
Winsemius, Albert, 110, 339–40
Wong Kan Seng, 334, 392
Wong Lin Ken, 242
Wong, Francis, 274
Wongwan, Narong, 378
Woodhull, S., 53, 60, 70, 110, 272, 274, 277
Workers’ Party, 54, 146, 161, 167, 337
Yeo Cheow Tong, 334
Yeo, George, 173
Yeo Ning Hong, 334
Yong Nyuk Lin, 157
Yugoslavia, 363, 364
Zhao Ziyang, 125, 244
Zia Ul Haq, 131, 148, 378
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