Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
F Division 292
F Kikan 218, 503 See also Fujiwara Kikan; Malaya Campaign; World War II
Fa Zhao 74
Faber, Charles E. 175, 360
Faber House bombings 188
Faber Point 360
Faber Union 574
Faith Community Baptist Church 129
Fajar 308, 593
Fajar trial 188, 295, 393, 426, 434, 564, 593
Falck, Anton 188
Fall of Singapore 595: British surrender to the Japanese 201 See also Japanese Occupation; Malaya Campaign; World War II
Fam, Michael 188
Fame 60
Family Court 188, 270
family planning 221 See also birth rates; Graduate Mothers’ Scheme
Family Service Centres 369
Fan Chang Tien 108, 123
Fancott, H. 291
Fandi Ahmad 188, 507, 510
Fang Chuang Pi (‘The Plen’) 140, 188, 495
Fang Xiu 110, 189
Fann Wong 189, 231
Far East Bank 230
Far East Command 189
Far East Organization 189, 315, 382, 426, 601
Far East Square 189
Far East War Council 147, 189
Far Eastern Bank 574
Far Eastern Hotels Group 240
Farquhar collection 190, 216
Farquhar, Colonel William 20, 190, 439, 450, 468: and founding of Singapore 204–05; inviting immigrants from Malacca 324, 332; opium policy 395; and Sultan Husain Shah 243
Farrer, R.G. 191
Farrer Park 191, 502, 504
Fatimah, Hajjah 191, 226–27
Fatwa 319
Fatwa Council 361
Fay, Michael 56, 80, 191
Fedegasi (Persekutuan Gasing Singapura) 209
Federal Election (1964) 191, 437, 466, 544, 567
Federal Stores 261
Federated Engineering Company, 359
Federated Motors 331, 359
Federation of Christian Churches 121
Federation of Indian Muslims 191, 248, 320
Federation of Malaysia 51: Indonesian opposition to 141 See also Malaya, Federation of
Fée, Bishop René 83, 84
Feedback Unit 192, 400, 486
Fei Xin 598
feng shui 116, 192
Ferguson-Davie, Charles 33
ferns 192
Ferrie, James 402
festivals 117, 193 See also Chinese New Year; Chingay; Christmas; Deepavali; Dong Zhi; Duan Wu Jie; Eid-ul-Adha (Hari Raya Haji); Eid-ul-Fitr (Hari Raya Puasa); Good Friday; Holi; Muslim New Year; Nine Emperor Gods festival; Onam; Ponggal; Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday; Qi Qiao Jie; Qing Ming; Tamil New Year; Thaipusam; Theemidhi; Zhong Yuan Jie
FH 2000 192
15 (film) 537
Fifth Moon Festival See Duan Wu Jie
filial piety 116
film 54, 63, 75, 83, 86, 94, 119, 120, 126, 145, 147, 192, 489, 537, 562, 567, 572: banning of 238; Singapore through a foreign lens 192
Film in Singapore! Scheme 194
Films and Publications Department 343
financial services sector 195 See also banking; economy
fine city 195
fines See fine city
Finger Players, The 561
Finlayson, G.A. 195
Finnish Free Foreign Mission 408
fire brigade 361 See also Singapore Civil Defence Force
Fire Disco 553
fire station See Central Fire Station
firearm offences 81
firecrackers 111, 115, 195
fireflies 336
fire-walking ceremony 561
Firmann Salleh 589
First Lady 213
fiscal policy 196
fishes 147, 197: rearing of 197
fish-head beehoon 196
fish-head curry 196
Fitzgerald, Derrick 564
Fitzgerald, Harvey 564
Fitzpatrick, W.F. 196
Fitzpatrick’s 136, 196
five Cs 149
five-foot way 38, 196, 474
Five Power Defence Arrangements 73, 198
FJ Benjamin 60, 198, 265
flag of convenience 198
flag See national flag
Flagstaff House 478
Flamingo Night Club 180, 222
Flint, William Lawrence 198
flooding 133–34
Florens, Bishop 84
Flybaits 180
Fock Siew Wah 198
Fong Sip Chee 199
Fong Swee Suan 109, 199, 306, 483, 488, 593
Foo, Henry (Fu Su Yin) 114, 455
Foo Ah Neok 153
Foo Hai Ch’an Monastery 447, 473
Foo Tee Jun 199, 415
Foochow 107, 199, 489
Foochow Coffee Restaurant and Bar Merchant’s Association 200
Foochow Methodist Church 200, 350
food 200 See also bak chor mee; bak kut teh; carrot cake; char kway teow; chicken rice; curry puff; fish-head beehoon; fish-head curry; food courts; Hokkien mee; ice kachang; kaya toast; laksa; Peranakan cuisine; popiah; rojak; roti john; roti prata; satay; stingray, barbecued; sup tulang; teh tarik; yong tau foo; yusheng
food and beverage sector 240
food courts 200
Foong Shoon Fui Kuan 130
Football Association of Singapore 507, 508
football See soccer
Forbidden Hill See Bukit Larangan
Force 136 94, 102, 200, 305, 331: involvement in War Crimes Commission 583
Force Vomit 63
Force Z 127, 200, 328, 413, 424, 450
Ford Motor Factory 43, 201, 329, 359, 411, 599
foreign direct investment 168, 176, 200, 461
foreign domestic workers See maids
foreign exchange reserves 201
foreign investment 374
foreign missions 201
foreign policy 201 See also foreign relations; United Nations
foreign relations 570 See also foreign missions; foreign policy; India-Singapore relations; Indonesia-Singapore relations; Japan-Singapore relations; Malaysia-Singapore relations; United States-Singapore relations
foreign reserves 53, 169
Foreign Service Scheme 353
foreign talent 105, 187, 202, 354 See also expatriates
foreign trade 168 See also exports; imports
foreign workers 144, 170, 187, 202, 354 See also expatriates; foreign talent
forests 87, 242, 376 See also deforestation; nature conservation
Forever Fever 203
Fort Canning 58, 76, 136
Fort Canning and Park 203, 373, 588
Fort Canning Aquarium See Van Kleef Aquarium
Fort Canning Hill 220: archaeological finds 36
Fort Canning Lodge 605
Fort Canning Reservoir 450
Fort Connaught 203, 465
Fort Fullerton 137, 204
Fort Marlborough 34 See also Bencoolen
Fort Palmer 203
Fort Pasir Panjang 287
Fort Serapong 204, 465
Fort Siloso 204, 465
Fort Tanjong Katong 204
Fort Teregah 204
fortifications 136
Fortis Private Banking 204
Fortress of the East 204, 595
Fortress Singapore 597
FORUM Architects 40
Foster, Norman 40
founding of Singapore 204: East India Company’s role in 166; 100th anniversary of 604; and Sir Stamford Raffles 439
Fozdar, K.M. 52
Fozdar, Shirin 52
Framjee, Cursetjee 405
Francis, J. 276
Fraser, John 425
Fraser & Neave 47, 136, 205, 425, 565
Fraser-Bruner, A. 578
free speech 128, 512
free trade agreements 169, 206, 401, 569, 570, 575: Japan-Singapore 260; See also foreign trade; exports; imports
free-trade zone, Batam 57
Freedom News 183, 188
freedom of religion 571
freedom of speech 423
Freemasons 206, 320, 367: Freemason’s Hall 206
Freshwater Stream 389
Frisby, Alfred 206
frogs See reptiles and amphibians
Frontier Danceland 206
Fu, Peter 206, 240, 391, 392
Fu Ta Ching, 327
Fujii Tatsuki 206
Fujimura Masuzo 207
Fujiwara Iwaichi 218, 504
Fujiwara Kikan 262 See also F Kikan
Fuk Tak Chi Temple 38, 189, 207, 555
Fuller, Buckminster 306
Fullerton, Robert 207, 407, 446
Fullerton Building 39, 207, 262, 384, 419, 487
Fullerton Hotel Singapore, The 189, 207
Funan Centre See Funan Digitalife Mall
Funan Digitalife Mall 207
fund management 81, 168
Fusionpolis 281
Futura Apartments 141
Future Systems Directorate 207, 353, 480
Futures Trading Act 298