Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
Habib Noh 226
Habibie, B.J. 250
Habitat, The 40
Hadramis 35
Hai Seng Girls’ High School 126
Haileybury College 522
Hainanese 104, 107, 226, 275, 490, 493
haj 172, 226, 258, 332, 339 See also Islam
Haji Abbas Mohd Taha 26
Haji Mohd Salleh Mosque 226
Haji Singapura 226
Hajjah Fatimah 29
Hajjah Fatimah Mosque 29, 38, 125, 191, 226
Hakka 51, 104, 107, 131, 227, 365, 493, 602, 604
Hakka Methodist Church 350
halal 319, 389
Halim, A. 418
Hamid Jumat 371
Hamidah Hassan 227
Hamidon Abdullah 476
Hamilton, Captain Alexander 227
Hammer, The 381, 423
Hamzah Hussein 46
Han Kee Juan 227, 389
Han Lao Da 24, 227
Han Sai Por 43, 227
Han Wu Di 111
Han Yang Plantations 309
Hanafi School 228, 469
hand, foot and mouth disease 552
handphones See mobile phones
Hang Chang Chieh 228
Hang Jebat 228, 243
Hang Tuah 228, 463
hanging 81, 145
Hanitsch, Karl Richard 430
Hanukkah 265
Hanyu Pinyin 336
Happy World 30, 31, 600 See also Gay World
Happy World Stadium 125
Haq and Selvam 464
Hard Rock Café 240
Hare, G.T. 111
Hari Raya Haji See Eid-ul-Adha
Hari Raya Puasa See Eid-ul-Fitr
Harrington & Co. 224
Harry’s Bar 228
Harun Abdul Ghani 228
Harun Aminurrashid 228
Hastings, Lord 205
Hatcher, Michael 364
Haw Par Corporation 228
Haw Par Villa 51, 229, 260
Hawazi Daipi 61
hawkers 229: hawker centres 229, 406; Hawker Centre Upgrading Programme 577
haze 229, 417
HDB See Housing & Development Board
Health Promotion Board 229, 354, 507
Health Sciences Authority 229, 354
healthcare 229, 568 See also primary healthcare
HealthLine 229
heart disease 229
heartlanders 230
Heath, Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis 230
Hee, Mavis 230
Heineken 565
Helen Yeo & Partners 120, 453
Hellier, M. 580
Hello Kitty 261
Hendrickson, Mason ‘Hank’ 466
Heng, Amanda 43
Heng, Geraldine 178
Heng, Ivan 182, 230, 589
Heng Samrin regime 246
Heng Siok Tian 178
Heng Sun 462
Henghua 112, 230
Henry Ford of Malaya 541
Henry Waugh and Co. 275
Her World 189, 231
Herald’s Choral Society 106
herbal products 109: medicine 569
Heritage 180
Heritage Conservation Centre 231
heritage roads 231
heritage trees 209, 231
Hermitage, Thomas 414
Heron, Fred 136
Herstory 238
Hertogh, Adeline, 337
Hertogh, Adrianus 231, 338
Hertogh, Maria 231, 337
Herzog, Chaim 231, 333
Hewlett-Packard 134
Hi! Theatre 265
Hiang Kie 231, 393
Hidayat Hosni 455
High Court 269, 299, 527: first woman appointed to 288 See also legal system
High Street 475, 478, 479
hijacking See Laju hijacking; SQ 117 hijacking
Hijrah, 361
Hikayat Abdullah 20, 264
Hill, Kerry 40
Hill Street Building 39, 352
Hill Street Police Station and Barracks 352
hills and ridges 232 See also geology
Hilton Hotel 206, 240
Hin Ann Huay Kuan 230
Hin Ann Tian Hou Temple 230
Hindi 232, 233, 249, 358, 475: Hindi Pro-Tem Committee 232; Hindi Society 232
Hindu Advisory Board 232, 535
Hindu Centre 233
Hindu deities: Devi 378; Drowpathai 561; Durga 378; Hanuman 515; Inda 403; Kali 516; Krishna 158, 515; Lakshmi 158, 378; Mariamman 515; mother goddesses 233; Murugan 249, 516, 560; Rama 158; Shiva 233, 515; Subramaniam 403; Surya 417; Theivanai 403; Vinayaka 515; Vishalakshi 515; Vishnu 237, 515; Vishwanathar 515 See also Hinduism
Hindu Endowments Board 32, 232, 357, 535, 562
Hindu weddings 232 See also marriage
Hinduism 233, 249 See also Hindu deities
Hindustanis 233: Hindustani music 247
Hing Loong 313
Hinghwa Methodist Church 230, 350
Hirohito, Emperor 531
Hisamatsu Haruji 511
historical artefacts, preservation of 231
Hitachi Towers/Caltex House 40
Hitler, Adolf 599
HIV Women and Children’s Fund 234
HIV/AIDS 22, 233, 238
HMS Malaya Cup See Malaysia Cup
Ho, Chris See X’Ho
Ho, Jesmine 234
Ho, Raymond 150
Ho Ah Loke 83, 193, 234, 235, 284
Ho Chee Kong 234
Ho Chiang Shipping Company 281
Ho Ching 234, 294, 557
Ho Hong Bank 400, 539
Ho Kah Leong 234
Ho Kwon Ping 55, 234, 235
Ho Kwong Yew 125, 585
Ho Kwong Yew & Sons 39
Ho Minfong 178, 235
Ho Poh Fun 178
Ho Rih Hwa 235
Ho Yeow Sun 129, 235
Hoalim, Philip, Sr 235: involvement with Malayan Democratic Union 330
Hochstadt, Herman 235
Hock Ann 305
Hock Ching Kong Kien Poh Toh 236
Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company 235
Hock Lee bus riots 108, 109, 199, 235, 306
Hock Lee Employees’ Union 235
Hock Teck See temple 236
Hockchia 236
hockey 34, 339, 408
Hoe Kah Hong 303
Hoffman, Leslie C. 236
Hogan, Nigel 401
Hok Hin 462
Hokkien 104, 107, 130–31, 199, 236, 357, 475, 491, 557: first modern school 549; opera 478
Hokkien-Teochew riots 461, 475, 522
Holi 43
Holiday Inn Singapore 280
Holistic and Professional Eldercare 93
Holland, Hugh 237
Holland Road 291
Holland Village 237
Hollandse Club 237
Hollandse School 256
Hollywood 194
Holm, Paul 563
Holt, George 196
Holttum, Eric 398
Holy Innocents High School 126
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church 167
Home Nursing Foundation 237
Home Ownership for the People Scheme 241
Home Team Academy 354
HomeCare Assist 93
homosexuality 234, 237, 387, 408 See also People Like Us
Hon Sui Sen 238: Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library 238
Hone, Ralph 72
honey wagon 238
Hong Choon 283
Hong Ghee Thong 462
Hong Joo Chinese Free School 292
Hong Leong Company 286
Hong Leong Finance 286
Hong Leong Foundation 238, 286
Hong Leong Group 238
Hong Lim constituency 392
Hong San See 238
Hong Sek Chern 109
Hong Swee Suan 235
Hong Wen School 231
hongbao 111, 115
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 39; See also HSBC
Hoo Ah Kay (Whampoa) 60, 238, 272, 274, 398
Hoo Liong Thing 135
Hooglandt and Co. 160
Horsburgh, James 239
Horsburgh Lighthouse 239, 259, 407
horseracing 501, 502: Boyanese horse trainers 70
Hose, George Frederick 33
hospice care 239
Hospice Care Association 239
hospitals 32, 239 See also healthcare
Hotel Asia 47
Hotel de l’Europe 135, 239, 280
Hotel Malaysia 280
Hotel New World collapse 240, 485
Hotel Properties Limited 206, 240, 392, 426
hotels and restaurants sector 240: predominance of Hainanese in 226
Hougang 240, 594
Hour Glass, The 351
House of Commons 292
House of Lords 292
House of Tan Yeok Nee 240, 546, 577
household income 241
Household Registration Database 87
Housing & Development Board 32, 40, 241, 354, 428, 436, 485, 491, 520, 554, 566: role of Lim Kim San 308; role of Liu Thai Ker 312; upgrading 577; Urban Renewal Department 577
Housing & Urban Development Company 241
housing: use of Central Provident Fund for 88 See also black-and-white houses; condominiums; District 10; Housing & Development Board; Housing & Urban Development Company; private housing; public housing; Singapore Improvement Trust
Howe Yoon Chong 101, 241
HSBC 55, 153, 241 See also Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
HSBC TreeTop Walk 242, 317
Hsu, Kevin 135
Hsu Chiu Meng 386
Hsu Tse-Kwang 242
Hsu Yun T’siao 470
Hu, Richard 242
Hu Shen 465
Hua Song Museum 229
Huan Yu 118
Huang, Joan 242
Huang, Nicholas 144
Huang, Tracy 114
Huang Dao 110
Huang Pao Fang 44, 108
Huang Qing Yuan 114
Huang Weiyong 273
Huang Wenyong 242
Huang Yuancheng 281
Huang Zunxian 110
Huaqiao Shou Bei Jun (Overseas Chinese Guard Force) 154
huaxiaosheng 104–05 See also Chinese education
Huber, Werner Ernst 243
human rights 570
Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics 318
Humpback Oak 180
Hung Sin Nui 288
Hungry Ghost Festival See Zhong Yuan Jie
Husain Shah, Sultan 19, 28, 243, 259, 272, 318, 324, 439; and William Farquhar 190; and founding of Singapore 204
Husband, H. 414
Hussain Haniff 228, 243
Hussainiyah Azzahra 473
Hussein Ismail 418
Hwa Chong Institution 106, 108, 365
Hwa Chong International School 243
Hwa Chong Junior College drama group 118
Hwa Hun Art Society 109
Hwang, Michael 269, 465
Hwang Peng Yuan 243
Hyderabad Road 27
Hydrochem 243
hydroponics 25
Hyflux 243, 315
Hyman, Herbert 135
Hyperbaric Medical Facility 377