Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
Da Bo Gong See Chinese deities: Tua Peh Kong
daching 154
Daeng Ibrahim, Temenggong 19, 22, 28
daguerreotypes 414
Dai Nippon Printing Group 565
Daimaru Building 268
Dainton, Frederik 367
Dairy Farm 136, 154, 261
Dairy Farm Group 196
d’Albuquerque, Alfonso 320
Dalforce 94, 154 See also Malaya Campaign; World War II
Dalhousie Obelisk 154
Dalley, John D. 154
D’Almeida, Joaquim 155
D’Almeida, José 154, 155, 524
Dan Ying 110, 155
Danaraj, T.J. 31, 155
dance 43, 155, 562
Dance Ensemble Singapore 156
dangki 116, 117
Danilchick, Peter 167
Danmaxi 557, 582, 597 See also Temasek
Danone 564
Dao Yi Zhi Lüe 313, 581
Dapat Badminton Party 259
Darby, Henry 477
DART (Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team) 156
Darul Arqam 52, 156
Darul Ihsan Lilbanat 30, 364
Darul Ihsan Lilbanin 30
Darul Islam 265
Daruwalla, Jimmy 405
Das, Kay 156
Data Storage Institute 161
Datacraft Asia 156
Datoh Yahya 572
DAV Hindi School 43
David, Wilson 156, 180
David Elias building 265
Davidson, James Guthrie 593
Davis, John 94, 200
Dawoodi Bohra 156, 248, 473
DBS Bank 55, 157, 168, 217, 238, 419, 569
DBS Land 81
D’Cotta, Denis 157
de Barros, João 157
de Coutre, Jacques 157
de Cruz, Gerald 157, 403, 420: involvement in Malayan Democratic Union, 330
de Eredia, E.G. 59, 91
de Erédia, Manuel Godinho 258, 579
De La Salle Brothers 518
De La Salle Order 343
De Souza Pier 584
de Souza, Frederick Benjamin 158
Dean Aziz 140, 401
death penalty See capital punishment
Deep Tunnel Sewerage System 158, 469
Deepavali 43, 158, 311, 427, 478
defamation 158, 512
defence 36, 567 See also Army; Republic of Singapore Air Force; Republic of Singapore Navy
Defence Committee See Far East War Council
Defence Management Group 353
Defence Material Organisation 192
Defence Policy Group 353
Defence Science and Technology Agency 64, 159, 291, 353, 424, 455, 480, 524
Defence Science Organisation 164
Defence Technology and Resource Office 353
deforestation 208 See also nature conservation
Délifrance 159
Demang Lebar Daun 76
Democratic Party 159, 300, 302, 498: merger with Singapore Progressive Party 535
demography 159 See also Baby Bonus scheme; Graduate Mothers’ Scheme
Dempsey Road 159
Deng Xiaoping 103
dengue 80, 159
Denothaya Venthira Press 425
Department of Statistics 87 See also Singapore Department of Statistics
deportation 496
desalination 584
Desawarnana 160, 319, 403
Descripsao Chorographica dos Estreitos de Singapura e Sabbam Ano 1604 579
Design Partnership 40, 218
Desker, Barry 423
Desker Road 427
detention without trial 496 See also Internal Security Act; Internal Security Department
Devals, Bishop Adrian 52, 85
Devarajan, N. 534
Development Bank of Singapore See DBS Bank
development status 160
Devi Gana Sabha 536
Devonshire Badminton Party 259
Dhanabalan, S. 160, 249
Dhanam, Avadai, 363
Dhavamanni, T.T. 536
Dhoby Ghaut 160
Dhoby Ghaut Interchange 341
dialect groups, Chinese 104 See also Cantonese; Foochow; Hainanese; Hakka; Henghua; Hockchia; Hokkien; Shanghainese; Teochew
dialects, Chinese 334
Dialysis Centre: first 371
Diang Merewah 75
Diaz, Leody M. 64
Dickenson Hill See Duxton Hill
Diethelm 160
Diethelm, Wilhelm Heinrich 160
dikir barat 161
Dill, John 411
Dill, General John 127
Dindings 151, 522 See also Straits Settlements
disasters 93 See also Bukit Ho Swee fire; cable car disaster; MI 185 SilkAir crash; Pulau Merlimau fire; Spyros; SQ 006 crash
discus 590
disk-drive sector 161
Distinguished Service Order 161
District 10 162
District Courts 270
Divine Light Mission 319
Divine Society 568
divorce See Women’s Charter
Djinn 195
DKSH 161
Doggett, Victor 133, 162, 466
Doha Round 594
Dolfatah 510
Dollah Kassim 510
Dollah Majid 162, 434
dolphin, Indo-Pacific humpback 335
Donaldson & Burkinshaw 162
Donaldson, Alan 291, 299
Donaldson, Alexander Leathes 162
dondang sayang 162, 410
Dong Zhi 163, 435
Dongxi Yangkao 163
Dorrington Ward, Frank 39
dos Reis, André Pereira, 579
Dotulong, Libeth, 345
Double 10th incident 163, 276, 525: trial 583
Double Yellow Line 180
Dover Park Hospice 239
Dowsett, Y.G. 40
DP Architects 40, 184
Dr Lee Chiaw Meng and Associates 293
Dragon Boat Festival See Duan Wu Jie
dragon boat races 164
Dragon’s Tooth Gate See Longyamen
Drama Box 118, 163, 182, 282
Drama Centre 164
Dramaplus Arts 265
Drew, Alfred Henry 164
Drew & Napier 164, 420, 464
drought, 1961 584
drugs: abuse of 228; campaign on dangers of 80; rehabilitation 122, 305, 411, 426; trafficking of 81 See also Central Narcotics Bureau; Misuse of Drugs Act; opium
DSO National Laboratories 164, 480, 524
Duan Wu Jie 164
Dubai Ports World 401, 427
Duban, C. 414
Duclos, John Henry 164
Ducroux, Joseph (Serge Lefranc) 164
dugong 335
duit raya 172
Dukes, The 553
Dumpling Festival See Duan Wu Jie
Dunlop Street Mosque Endowment 18
Dunlop, Major S. 413
Dunman High School 51, 106
Dunman, Thomas 135, 496
DuPont 96
Durai, S.I. 534
Durai, T.T. 371
durians 164
Duta Maitreya Buddhist monastery 58
Dutch 33: community in Singapore 237
Dutch East India Company 21, 579
Dutch East Indies 35
Dutronquoy, Gaston 414
Dutton, Daniel 433
Duxton Hill 165
Dyce, Charles 165
Dynasty Hotel 548