Index

Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.

Baba Church, 352

Baba Reform Movement 410

Babas See Peranakans

Babu Sahib, Moulavi 52

Baby Bonus scheme 159 See also demography; Graduate Mothers’ Scheme

Badang 52, 463, 500

badminton 499, 528, 563, 592: crocodile serve 393

Baet Yoke Kuan 43

Baha’i 52

bahara 52

Bahasa Malaysia 320

Bahau 52, 85, 186, 263, 402

Bahá’u’lláh 52

Bai Yan 52

Baijiao 597 See also Pedra Branca

bak chor mee 52

bak kut teh 53

bak kwa 59

bakau 336

Baker, Maurice 53: involvement in Malayan Forum 330

Balakrishnan, Vivian 53

balance of payments 53

Balestier Plain 53, 89

Balestier, Joseph 53, 524

Balfour Declaration 138

Bali field trip 97, 98, 312

Baling talks 19, 102, 330

Ballas, Jacob 54

ballet See dance

ballots 580

Bamadhaj, Omar 317

Bamadhaj family 35

Ban Yin Jheow 520

banana money 54, 153

banded leaf monkey 88, 357, 376, 378

Bandung Conference 104, 294

Bangladesh 60, 248

bangsawan 54, 326, 607

Bani, S.T. 54, 593

Bani Buang 54, 326

Bank of China building 39

banking 49, 55, 168

banks, commercial 55

banks, foreign 55

banned publications 573

Banyan Tree 55

Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts 234

Banzu 420, 557, 582

Baptists 56, 121

Bar Council 299

Baratham, Gopal 56

Barings Bank 298

Barisan Sosialis 51, 56, 191, 210, 295, 297, 394, 409, 417, 434, 464, 593, 594: formation of 306, 349, 374

Barker, E.W. 57, 186, 436: on jury trials 571

Barnes, Warren 111

barracoons 146

barrages, estuarine 578

bar-top dancing 57

BASF 412

Basic Military Training (BMT) 373

basketball 587

Batam 57, 83, 223

Batavia 579

Batchen, Heather 564

Bath, Vivian 219

batik 44, 58, 369, 459

batik art See batik

bats 335

Battle at Bukit Chandu 23

Battle at Opium Hill 23

Battle Box 58

Battle of Bukit Timah 21, 58, 531

Battle of Pasir Panjang 23, 58, 287, 323, 329, 446

Battle of Slim River 230, 328

battles See Battle at Bukit Chandu; Battle of Bukit Timah; Battle of Pasir Panjang; Battle of Slim River

Batu Berlayar 59, 288

Bava, Natahar 498

Bawean 70

Baybeats 180

bazaar Malay 177

Be With Me 279

Beach Road 218, 290

beaches 288

Beatles, The 418

Becheras, Edward 84

Bedok 59

Bee Cheng Hiang 59

Bee Jays 180

Beehoon Plain 76

beer 565

beetles 252

Behn, Meyer & Co. 24, 59

Behn, Theodor August 59

Belilios, I.R. 311

Bencoolen 33, 34, 59: immigrants from, 324

Bencoolen Mosque 60

Benda, Harry J. 254

Bendemeer House 60, 461

Bengal, Presidency of 522

Bengali 246, 248

Bengali Association Singapore 60

Bengalis 60, 232, 358

Bengawan Solo 60

Benham, Frederic 216

Benjamin, Frank J. 60, 198

Benjamin, Isaac 531

Benjamin Sheares Bridge 61

Bennett, John 580

Bennett, Lieutenant-General Gordon 61, 190, 283, 328

Bentinck, Lord William 244

BEP Akitek, 315

beri-beri 357

Berita Harian 61, 227, 381: as platform for Malay literature, 323

Berita Malai 227

Berita Minggu 381

Berkshire Road 27

Besakhi 477

Bestu-Varas 260

Bethany Methodist Nursing Home 122

Bethesda Katong Church 121

Beurel, Father Jean-Marie 61, 83, 84, 101, 145

Beverley Mai 141

Bey Hua Heng 61

Bey Soo Khiang, Lieutenant-General 62

bharatanatyam 34, 247

Bharty Bhavan See Singapore North Indian Hindu Association

Bhaskar, K.P. 62

Bhaskar, Santha 62, 385

Bhaskar’s Arts Academy 62, 155, 385

Bhavan’s Indian International School 256

Bhojpuri society 237

Bhumiband 62

Bhutan 248

Bidadari Cemetery 62, 86, 283, 385, 434

Bidor Agreement 305

Bidwell, Alfred John 265

Bidwell, R.A.J 62, 99, 441, 580 See also architecture; Swan & Maclaren

‘Big Six’ 199, 352, 502, 503

BigO 63, 180, 387

BIL International 63

bilingualism 63, 131, 171, 321, 336, 358, 512

billiards and snooker 546

Bintan 63, 223: Bintan Industrial Estate 63

Bintang Press 425

Biomedical Research Council 23

biomedical science 210

Bionic Boy 64

Bionix 42, 64, 159

Biopolis 23, 64, 253, 281, 391

biotech 64, 124

Birch, James 265

bird flu 64

Bird, Godfrey 401

birds 66, 527 See also bulbuls; crows; red junglefowl; thrushes

birth and death rates See Baby Bonus scheme; demography; Graduate Mothers’ Scheme

biryani 248

Bishan 65

Bishan New Town 286

black crazy ant 252

black spitting cobra 134

Black, Sir Robert Brown 47, 65, 283

Black Sun, The 180

black-and-white houses 65, 419

black-horned locust 252

Blackmore, Sophia 65, 350, 352

black-spotted sticky frog 65, 77

Blades, A.E.G. 292

Blair Plain 143

Blantan Agreement 94, 200

Bloodworth, Dennis 65

Blundell, Sir Edmund 67

Blythe, Wilfred Lawson 67

BNP Paribas 55, 67

Board of Architects 67, 354

Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore 67, 153

Board of Legal Education 291

Boat Quay 67, 143, 181, 290, 498

bodybuilding 18, 51, 123

Boey Ah Sam 107

Boey Chuan Poh 526

Bogaardt, T.C. 523

Bogaars, George Edwin 68

Bollywood 193, 194, 237

bomb shelters 68

Boncafé International 243

Bond, Isaac Swinburne 164

Bongso, Ariff 68

Bonham, Sir Samuel George 68, 244

Boogie Street See Bugis Street

Book Registration Ordinance 430

Boom Boom Room 284

Borneo 42: status under Anglo-Dutch Treaty 34

Borneo Company 68, 69, 359

Borneo Motors 69, 359

Bose, Rash Behari 69

Bose, Subhas Chandra 69, 248

Boston 144

Botanic Gardens 430 See also Singapore Botanic Gardens

Boucho, Bishop Jean Baptiste 61

Boustead, Edward 70

Boustead & Company 31, 70, 100

Boustead Institute 70, 136

bowling 234, 391, 586, 604, 499: world’s top woman bowler 537

Bowyer-Yin, Leslie Charles 94

boxing 530

Boyanese 70, 324, 332: Kampung Boyan 324; pondok 324

Boys’ Brigade 71, 425

Boys Town 85

BP Singapore 71

Braddell, Sir Roland 71, 298

Braddell, Sir Thomas 71, 486

Braddell Brothers 57, 71, 91, 146

brands, clothing 151, 564

Brani Container Terminal 431

Brani Naval Base 431

Bras Basah Road Boys’ School 518

BreadTalk 71

Brenner, Sydney 64, 254

Brethren Church 121

Brewer, Frank 72, 83

bridges 61, 85, 136, 146, 571: over Singapore River 500

Brierley, Ronald 63

Bright Hill Temple See Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

Bright Vision Hospital 72

Britannia Club 72

British Broadcasting Corporation 438, 439

British Council 72, 585

British Custodian of Enemy Property 219

British Defence Coordinating Committee (Far East) 190

British Empire 138

British High Commissioner 144

British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation 72

British Military Administration 72, 151

British North Borneo 20: shared currency arrangements 153 See also North Borneo

British re-occupation See British Military Administration

British withdrawal from Singapore 73, 251, 374, 480

Broadcasting Corporation of Malaya 438

broadcasting: Broadcasting Act (1979) 556 See also radio broadcasting; television broadcasting

Bronco 73

Brooke, James 276

Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert 73, 189, 395

Broome, Richard 94, 200

Brossard & Mopin 74, 557

brothels 113, 337, 427 See also ah ku; karayuki-san; prostitution

Brothers of St Gabriel 85

Brown, George Henry 75

Bruce, G. McI. S. 323

Bruguière, Coadjutor Bishop 84

Brumber, Father Jacob Joaquim Freire 84

Brunei 51: shared currency arrangements 153

Brunner, Frank 349

Buangkok Station 340

Buckley, Charles Burton 425, 489

Buddha, Shakyamuni 579

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple 74, 218

Buddha, Maitreya (Laughing Buddha) 456, 506

Buddhism 74, 116, 117, 473, 483, 580: Five Precepts 580; Nichiren 499

Buddhist College of Singapore 483

budget airlines See low-cost carriers

Budget Terminal 314

Bugis 18, 75, 181, 243, 318, 332, 572: Kampung Bugis, 324; seeking political asylum 324

Bugis Street 75, 427

Building and Construction Authority 354

Bujang Lapok 75

Bukit Batok 75

Bukit Brown Cemetery 75, 86

Bukit Chandu (Opium Hill) 75, 329, 396, 446 See also battles; World War II

Bukit Chong Long 123

Bukit Ho Swee 76, 238

Bukit Ho Swee fire 76, 428

Bukit Jagoh 29

Bukit Larangan 24, 76, 203, 220, 468; archaeological evidence for legend 37 See also Fort Canning

Bukit Merah 76: Legend of 76, 463

Bukit Panjang 76

Bukit Panjang Government High School 51

Bukit Timah 211, 221, 232

Bukit Timah Convent 145

Bukit Timah Literary Society 110

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve 65, 66, 77, 192, 448: insects in 252

Bukit Turf Club 502

bulbuls 288

Bulim Plantations 309

Buloh Perundu 234

Buona Vista Science Hub 253

Burgess, Anthony 47, 77

Burhan Gafoor 594

Burials Ordinance 86

Burkinshaw, John 162

Burmese Buddhist Temple 77

Burn, Rev Robert 32

Burns, Robert 236

buses 77, 431, 501, 507: Bus Services Licensing Authority 431

Business and House Employee Union 54

Business Times, The 78, 381, 423

busking 368

butterflies 252

Butterworth, Colonel William 78

Buttrose, Murray 78

Byrne, K.M. 25, 78: first minister for law 354

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