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