Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
Wadda Gurdwara 89
wage policy 581
Wah Chang 234, 235
Wah Hin & Co. 303
Wahid, Abdurrahman 250
Wak Hai Cheng Bio 112, 131, 559, 581
wakaf 29, 34, 35, 317, 319, 358, 581
Wakeman, P.O.G. 402
Walker, Richard 44, 585
Wallace, Alfred Russel 66, 252: on durians 165; on tigers 565
Wallich, Sir Nathanial 24
Wallwork Records 180
Wan Soon Bee 581
Wang, Lucien 133
Wang Dayuan 313, 389, 420, 557, 581
Wang Fan Shi 572
Wang Fang 111
Wang Gungwu 108, 166, 582, 593
Wang Joon Siang 107
Wang Runhua 110, 582
Wang Sa 82, 582, 600
Wang Sui Pick 109, 582
Want Want Holdings 582
War Committee See Far East War Council
war crimes 571
War Crimes Commission 283, 583
Ward, Frank Dorrington 272, 528
WAREES 583
Warehouse (disco) 553
Warren, Stanley 583, 93
Warta Melayu 30
Watanabe Wataru 364, 387, 532, 583
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society 265
Watchmen, The 180
water 128, 158, 333, 380, 427, 584
water agreements 128, 526, 585
water mongers 584
water polo 539, 540, 584
water reclamation 380
water reclamation plants 158, 469
Waterboat Office 39
watercolour 97, 165, 392, 585
waterworks 542
Wavell, Sir Archibald 147, 189, 328, 585
wayang 112, 211 See also Chinese opera
wayang kulit 586
Wealth Management Institute 420
Wearnes International 331
weaver ant 252
websites, political 506
wedding dinner, Chinese 115
Wee, Adelene 586
Wee, Julian 489
Wee, Patrick 214
Wee, Thomas 231
Wee Beng Chong 45, 109, 586
Wee Cho Yaw 125, 228, 236, 574, 586
Wee Chong Jin 101, 422, 586, 603
Wee Chong Jin Commission 586
Wee Heng Tin 587
Wee Kheng Chiang 574
Wee Kim Wee 422, 441, 519, 587: Council of Presidential Advisors 149
Wee Mon Cheng 587
Wee Tian Siak 587
Wee Toon Boon 148, 587
Wee Twee Kim 587
weekend cars See Off-peak Car Scheme
WeekendEast 279
weevils 252
weightlifting 95, 124, 540, 543
weights and measurements See bahara; daching; kati; picul; tahil
Weld, Frederick 372, 588
welfare 122, 128, 130, 139 See also social welfare
Welsbach gas burners 316
Wen Zhang 114
Wesley Methodist Church 390, 588
wet markets 588
Wexler, D. 473
Whampoa (district) 239
Whampoa and Co. 239
Whampoa Bakery 239
Whampoa River 239, 452, 588
Whampoa See Hoo Ah Kay
Wharton Business School 494
What’s Up 381
whip 292, 417, 588
Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co. 588
Whitehead, J. Horrocks 546
wholesale and retail sector 589
Wicked Aura Batucada 589
W!LD RICE Theatre Company 28, 182, 230, 589, 590, 605
Wilford, Michael 40
Williams, A.P. 142
Williams, Bob 563
Williams, Peter 310, 494, 589
Williams-Hunt, P.D.R. 420
Wilson, Daniel 517
Wilson, John Leonard 276
Wilson, Wilberforce 402
Winchester Road 27
Wing Tai Holdings 97, 98, 135, 589
Winsemius, Albert 250, 548, 589
Winslow, Alfred 590
Winstedt, Richard 322, 356, 403
Woffles Lift 597
Woh Hup Complex See Golden Mile Complex
WOHA Architects 40, 41
Wokenfeld, Johan 231
WOMAD 589
Woman’s Affairs Bureau 590
Women’s Charter 115, 447, 509
Women’s Charter 590
Women’s Wing, People’s Action Party 590
Wong, Alfred 374, 590
Wong, Aline 590
Wong, Cyril 178
Wong, David S.Y. 278
Wong, Eleanor 182, 590
Wong, Elvin 524
Wong, Faye 123
Wong, James 590
Wong, Leslie 115
Wong, Mimi 590
Wong, Russel 414, 591
Wong, Ruth 591
Wong Ah Fook 286, 572
Wong Chooi Sen 591
Wong Foo Nam 39
Wong Heck Sing 591
Wong Hock Boon 591
Wong Hung Khim 591
Wong Kan Seng 591
Wong Kay Poh 391
Wong Kwei Cheong 591
Wong Lin Ken 591
Wong Lin Kwong 565
Wong Meng Keong 140
Wong Meng Meng 465
Wong Meng Voon See Meng Yi
Wong Ming Yang 294
Wong Pakshong, Michael 592
Wong Partnership 592
Wong Peng Soon 259, 563, 592
Wong Quee Heng, Joanna 115, 592
Wong Shih Yaw 43
Wong Tik Yun 565
Woo, Raymond 40
Woo Bih Li 465, 592
Wood, Elizabeth Louis, 315
Wood, Henry 213
Wood’s Oriental Cases 593
Woodford, Leslie 593
Woodhull, Sidney 111, 464, 593
Woodlands 593
Woods and Davidson 593
Woods, Robert Carr 358, 523, 593
Woon, Walter 318
Woon Tien Wei 401
Woon Wah Siang 593
work improvement teams 260
work permit 202
Workers’ Party 34, 210, 266, 297, 314, 381, 417, 548, 594: founding, 339
Workforce Development Agency 176, 354, 594
Workplace Health Promotion Programme 387
Works Brigade 25
World Bank 160
World Economic Forum 139
World Evangelical Fellowship 122
World Health Organization 445, 469, 573
World Intellectual Property Organization 147, 406, 573, 594
World Trade Organization 573, 594
World War I 283, 595
World War II 283, 553, 595: British surrender 411; defences 21; role of Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps 409; Operation Jaywick 394; Operation Mailfist 395; Operation Matador 394; Operation Rimau 395; Operation Tide-Race 395; Operation Zipper 395 See also Dalforce; Malaya Campaign; Japanese Occupation
Wray, George Crofton 111
Writers’ Laboratory 561
Wu, Woffles 597
Wu Dajiang 106
Wu Peng Seng 415, 597
Wu Teh Yao 226
Wu Tian Wang, 330
Wu Tsai Yan 44, 108
Wu Zuguang 125
Wubeizhi 597
wushu, 382