Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
G. K. Goh Stockbrokers 216
G.R. Lambert & Co. 221 See also photography
Gabungan Kumpulan Dikir Barat Singapura 161
Gagging Act 489 See also newspapers; press freedom
Gajah Mada 403
Galastaun, Gregory 42
Galistan, Émile, 398
Gamba, Charles 250
gambier 22, 24, 25 See also pepper and gambier
gambling 83, 94, 100, 208, 497, 501: dens 450, 462, 496; licensed by John Crawfurd 150 See also chap ji ki; integrated resort; Singapore Pools; Toto and 4-D
Gan Eng Seng 38, 208
Gan Eng Seng School 208
Gandhi, Indira 246
ganjira 247
Garden City 208, 373 See also urban planning
garfish 197 See also Bukit Merah, Legend of
gas 209
gasing 209
Gasnier, Edward 83, 84
Gay World 30, 177, 209
Gaya Film 284
Gazeau, Vincent 126
gecko See cicak
Gedung Kuning (Yellow Mansion) 259
Geldermalsen 364
Geliga Limited 425
Gemini Chit Fund 210
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 594
General Election (1963) 54, 56, 210, 287, 479, 530, 574
General Elections See elections
General Electric Company of Singapore 98
General Hospital See Singapore General Hospital
General Labour Union 210, 287, 488
General Motors Export Company 359
General Post Office 419
genetics 210
Genocide Convention 570
Genome Institute of Singapore 210
Gent, Edward 331
Geok Teat & Co. 100
geology 211, 578 See also Bukit Timah; Changi Hills; granite quarries; hills and ridges; Jurong Triassic sedimentary rock system; Tampines Hills
geomancy See feng shui
Gerakan Rakyat 582
German-Singapore Institute 365
GES International 211
getai 31, 114, 211, 607 See also Zhong Yuan Jie
Geylang 427
Geylang Indoor Stadium See Gay World
Geylang Serai 172, 211
Geylang Serai Market 212
ghatam 247
ghazal 212
Ghazali Marzuki 303
ghost weddings 465
ghosts 116 See also Zhong Yuan Jie
Ghows, Abdul Wahab Mohamed 212
Giam Chin Toon 465
Gibson-Hill, Carl 44, 212, 372
Gift of Atonement 306
Gifted Education Programme 212, 424 See also education system
Gilfillan, Samuel 213
Gilfillan, Wood and Co. 213
Gimson, Sir Franklin 176, 213, 300
Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology 82
Girl Guides Singapore 213
Girls’ Brigade 213
Gleneagles Hospital 214, 404
Globe Cinema 222
GloFish 214 See also fishes
Gluttons’ Square 381
Goa 186, 285
Goco, Raul 145
God Save the Queen 368
godowns 214, 604, 607
Goei, Glen 182, 214
Goethe-Institut 214
Goh, Desmond 174
Goh, Sam 214
Goh, Theresa 215
Goh, Vivien 133, 215
Goh, Zechariah 215
Goh Beng Kwan 45, 215
Goh Boon Teck 118, 215
Goh Chew Chua 215
Goh Chok Tong 50, 215, 238, 250, 294, 296, 441, 465, 470: on alternative views in Parliament; on casinos 255; and Council of Presidential Advisors 148; at Neptune Orient Lines 379; on nominated members of Parliament 384; and Presidential Council for Minority Rights 422; as secretary-general of People’s Action Party 408
Goh Choo Chiat 155
Goh Choo San 155, 216
Goh Electronics Services See GES International
Goh Eng Wah 177, 216
Goh Geok Khim 190, 216
Goh Joon Seng 216
Goh Keng Swee 133, 142, 216, 250, 270, 354, 419, 440, 523 545: on education 424; and Eu Chooi Yip 183; as first defence minister 353; founding of Institute of East Asian Political Economy 166; on Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 254; in Malayan Forum 167, 330
Goh Lay Kuan 118, 217, 284, 420
Goh Poh Seng 217
Goh Report See Report on the Ministry of Education 1978 (Goh Report)
Goh Siew Tin 484
Goh Sin Tub 178
Goh Soo Khim 155, 218, 483, 487, 562
Goh Soo Nee 155, 482
Goh Soon Tioe 133, 218, 461, 466
Goh’s Folly 270
Goho, S.C. 60, 218
Goi Seng Hui 236
gold 416
golden dragonfish See arowana
Golden Harvest 218
Golden Mile Complex 40, 129, 218
Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple 74, 218
Golden Venus 180
Golden Village 218
Goldney, Justice 218
golf 149, 191, 218, 337, 499, 604
Gomez, James 417, 454
Gong Zhiyuan 214
gongbi 293
Good Friday 219, 427
Good Shepherd Sisters 85
Goode, Sir William 219, 347
Goodfellow, Basil 305
Goodman Fielders Watties 136
Goods and Services Tax 169, 219, 253, 411, 550
Goodwill Committees 257
Goodwood Park Hotel 63, 219, 280, 553, 560
Gordon, A. 39
Gothic style 101–02
government expenditure 196
Government Gazette 299, 580
Government Hill 76, 136, 220 See also Fort Canning Hill
Government House 38, 259 See also Istana
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation 220
Government Offices 176
Government Printing Office 50
Government Unit 225
government-linked companies 47, 168, 220, 426, 427, 464, 465, 505, 518, 557
Governor’s Strait 221, 579
governors 151, 219, 220: post abolished 346
Govindarajoo, P. 536
Govindasamy, Naa. 221, 534
Govindaswamy, P. 34
Graduate Mothers’ Scheme 221 See also demography; family planning
granite 221, 239: quarries 221, 433
grassroots organizations 128, 139, 568
Great Eastern Holdings 221
Great Eastern Life Assurance Company 173
Great Opium Syndicate 95, 396, 543, 546
Great World 25, 30, 222, 471
Great World City 31
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 222
Green Bus Company 236 See also buses
Grimberg, Joseph 222, 266, 269, 465
Groove Note 21
gross domestic product 168, 222, 241, 460, 468, 568–69: contribution of manufacturing sector to 337; contribution of the wholesale and retail sector to 589 See also gross national income; gross national product
gross national income 53 See also gross domestic product; gross national product
gross national product 168, 223 See also gross domestic product; gross national income
Grotius, Hugo 458
Group 2 Architects 40
group representation constituency 173, 223, 344 See also constituencies; elections; Electoral Boundaries Review Committee
Grow More Food campaign 263
Growth Triangle 63, 223
Gu Mu 217
Guang Ming Shan Pu Jue Chan Si 283
Guang Shou Shan 560
Guangxu 112, 562
Guanyin Tang Fo Zu Miao 285
Guards 138, 223 See also Army
Guillemard, Sir Laurence 85, 224
Gujara 260
Gujaratis 224, 232, 246, 249, 270, 358
Gunong Pulai 585: Gunong Pulai Scheme 584
guns, World War II 21
guppies 197 See also fishes
Gupta, Anthea F. 177
gurdwara 476
Gurkhas 51, 224, 468
Gurney, Henry 176
Gurusamy, M.P. 247
Gus Dur 250
Gustav Mahler Society, Singapore 538
Guthrie, Alexander 24, 224
Guthrie, James 224, 225
Guthrie & Co. 24, 31, 225
gutta percha 155, 225, 244, 406
Gutzlaff, Karl Friedrich August 399
Gwee Ah Leng 225: Gwee Ah Leng Report 107, 366
Gwee Li Sui 564