Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
Earl Lu Gallery 253, 315
Early Founders’ Memorial Stone 166
East Asia Summit 50, 166, 246
East Asian Institute 142, 166, 183, 401, 582
East Coast 166
East Coast Park 166
East India Company 18, 19, 24, 28, 32, 33, 38, 166, 324, 407, 439, 522: and Bencoolen 59; and founding of Singapore 204–5
East Shore Hospital 404
Eastern & Oriental Hotel 459
Eastern Auto 359
Eastern Orthodox Church 166
Eastern Presidency 522
Eastern Sun 167
Eastern Telegraph Company 167
Easybeats, The 95
Eating Air 167, 567
Eber, John 167, 434, 495: involvement in Malayan Democratic Union 330; involvement in Malayan Forum 330
Eckankar Society 232
Ecnad Project 167
Economic Development Board 90, 167, 168, 217, 250, 251, 271, 281, 485, 492, 520, 600: role in postgraduate education 420
Economist, The 423
economy 168, 222, 223, 374 See also Asian dollar market; Asian financial crisis; balance of payments; banking; biotech; British withdrawal from Singapore; chemicals sector; competitiveness; construction sector; disk-drive sector; Economic Development Board; electronics sector; employment; entrepôt; exports; fiscal policy; financial services sector; food and beverage sector; foreign direct investment; foreign exchange reserves; foreign talent; foreign workers; gas; Government of Singapore Investment Corporation; government-linked companies; hotels and restaurants sector; household income; imports; income distribution; industrialization; International Enterprise Singapore; Jurong Industrial Estate; labour relations; manufacturing sector; National Wages Council; oil; oil-refining sector; petrochemicals sector; recessions; savings; services sector; shipping; small- and medium-sized enterprises; SPRING Singapore; taxation; tin; tourism; trade; unemployment; wage policy; wholesale and retail sector
Ed. A Keller Holdings 161
Eden Hall Tea Party 306, 464
Edgar Brothers 42
Edgerton, Edward A. 414
education 50, 170, 171, 212–13, 523, 568, 591 See also Adult Education Board; bilingualism; Chinese education; compulsory education; Edusave; English education; Gifted Education Programme; Institute of Technical Education; Malay education; National Institute of Education; polytechnics; postgraduate education; primary education; secondary education; Special Assistance Plan schools; streaming; Tamil education; Thinking Schools, Learning Nation; tuition; universities
Education Ordinance Bill 170
Edusave 171
Ee Hoe Hean Club 171, 541
Ee Peng Liang 172, 460
Effective Capital 88
Eid-ul-Adha 427
Eid-ul-Fitr 427, 434
1822 town plan See Jackson Plan
Elamaran, M. 534
Elangkannan, M. 173, 534
Elangovan 173, 182, 534, 536
eldercare 173
ElderShield 173
elected presidency 216 See also presidency
elections 173, 223: and estate upgrading 577; Cheng San Group Representative Constituency contest (1997) 548; Eunos Group Representative Constituency contest (1988) 552 See also Anson by-election; General Election (1963); Legislative Assembly Election (1955); Legislative Assembly Election (1959); Legislative Council Election (1948); Legislative Council Election (1951)
Elections Department 174, 424, 580
Electoral Boundaries Review Committee 143, 174
electric lighting 361
electricity 177, 570 See also energy; power generation
Electricity and Gas Undertakings of State Monopoly See PUB
Electrico 174
Electronic Road Pricing 35, 82, 174, 413, 550
Electronic Warfare Study Group 164
electronics sector 94, 150, 168, 174, 187, 519
Electronics Test Centre 164
elephants 313
Eleuterio, Herbert 175
Elgin Bridge 500
Elias, Harry 175, 265, 465
Elias, Joe 291
Elias Road 265
Elim Church 408
Elizabeth II, Queen 435, 566
Ellenborough Market 175
embassies 201 See also consulates; foreign missions; Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Emden 467, 595
Emerald Hill 143
Emergency 175, 255, 496, 512: effect on Orang Laut fishing 396; outlawing of Malayan Communist Party 330
Emily of Emerald Hill 283
Empire Dock 604
employment 176, 202
Employment Act 251, 354, 581
Empress Place 38, 48, 176: archaeological finds 36
Endau 176, 263 See also Bahau
Endurance, RSS 291
energy 176 See also electricity; Energy Market Authority; National Energy Market of Singapore; power generation; PUB; Singapore Power
Energy 390
Energy Market Authority 177, 209, 427, 497
Eng Aun Tong 51
Eng Choon Hway Kuan 292
Eng Wah 177, 210, 470
Engineering Research Council 23
English 177, 358, 361, 371: Learner 504; Singaporean 504 See also Singlish
English Common Law 299
English education 178
English literature 178, 564
English-medium schools 170
English popular music 180
English theatre 182
Enhanced Child Relief 221
Eniwetok 79, 294
Enlistment Act 42, 373
Enright, D. J. 179
Entertainments National Service Association Symphony Orchestra 133
entrepôt 168, 179
entrepreneurship 181
Equator Art Society 45, 181
equities 81
Er Kwong Wah 181
Er Woo Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association 106, 112, 183, 559
erosion 578
Eshamuddin Ismail 257
Esplanade—Theatres on the Bay 40, 112, 133, 184, 244, 501
Esso 96 See also ExxonMobil
Estate Duty Act 253
Eston 283
ETCeteras 118
ethics 142
Eton Hall 27
Eu, Richard (‘Dick’) 183
Eu Cheow Chye 330
Eu Chooi Yip 140, 183, 495
Eu Kong 80, 183
Eu Tong Sen 80, 185
Eu Villa 185
Eu Yan Sang 80, 109, 183, 185
Eurasian Association 185, 186
Eurasian Welfare Association 52, 402, 473
Eurasians 52, 177, 185, 269, 275, 498: during Japanese Occupation 511; in literature 472; newspaper 327
Evangelical Free Church 121
Eviokos 148
Excellence of Singapore Award 22
exchange rate 357
Executive Council 239
expatriates 187, 237 See also foreign talent; foreign workers
Experimental Company See Malay Regiment
Experimental Theatre 125, 182, 314
Exploit Technologies 23
Expo MRT station 40
exports 187, 568 See also economy; imports; trade
expressways 187 See also roads
ExxonMobil 96, 187, 271, 389, 412
ez-link card 78, 431