Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
I-Lien Drama Society 100, 118
I Not Stupid 244, 598
Iau, Robert 244
Ibbetson, Robert 244
IBM 94
Ibrahim, Temenggong 244, 268, 324, 558
ice houses 238
ice kachang 244
identity card 244
Identity Plan 576
Ikkuvanam, V. 534
Ilango, Pichinikkaadu 534
Imams 473
Imbert, Laurent 83, 84
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority 245, 354
Imperial Conferences 138
Imperial Japanese Army 328, 599
Imperial Motors 359
Imperieuse, HMS 122
Imphal 248
imports 245, 568: import duties 168 See also exports; free trade agreements; imports; trade
Impounding Reservoir 450
Inchcape 69
income distribution 245
income tax 213, 224, 411 See also taxation
Income Tax Act 253, 411
Income Tax Ordinance 213, 224
indentured labour 287 See also coolie trade; slavery
Independence See Separation
Independence of Singapore Agreement 585
independent churches 408
independent schools 50, 245
India 137, 151, 246, 248: rise of 202 See also India-Singapore relations
India-Singapore relations 246
Indian Chamber of Commerce 402
Indian classical music 247
Indian Classical Music Centre 247
Indian communities 361, 491 See also Bengalis; Chulias; Gujaratis; Hindustanis; Indian Muslims; Jainism; Khoja; Malayalees; Nattukottai Chettiars; Parsis; Sikhs; Sindhis; Sinhalese; Tamils
Indian convicts 145: J.F.A. McNair as comptroller of 343
Indian Independence League 69, 248, 478, 503, 504
Indian independence movement 69
Indian Kalai Mandram 536
Indian Merchants’ Association 492
Indian Muslims 124–25, 191, 228, 246, 249, 258: heritage centre, 363; inter-marriage with Malays 331 See also Umar Pulavar Tamil School
Indian Mutiny 468
Indian National Army 248, 262, 434, 478, 504, 533, 534: in the Malaya Campaign 329; and Monument 69, 70, 248
Indian III Corps 230
Indians 248: languages spoken 532
indigo 24
Individual Physical Proficiency Test 374
Indonesia: anti-Singapore demonstrations in 231; economic cooperation with 223; opposition to Federation of Malaysia 141; pollution from 229; Promotion and Protection of Investments agreement 249; sacking of Singapore embassy in 294, 444; trade with 22; tsunami relief mission to 291 See also Confrontation; Indonesia-Singapore relations
Indonesia-Singapore relations 63, 249
Industrial and Commercial Bank 214, 240
Industrial Arbitration Court 250, 374
Industrial Commercial Bank 574
Industrial Courts Bill 287
industrial estates 168, 250
Industrial Relations Act 250: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 251
industrial relations See labour relations
Industrial Training Board 23
industrialization 168, 217, 250, 281, 337, 445, 581, 590 See also industrial estates
Infant Jesus Sisters 61, 101, 145
Infectious Diseases Act 571
Infineon Technologies 94
Infocomm 21 251
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore 251, 354, 554
info-communications 505, 519
information technology 150, 156, 251
ink painting 293 See also Chinese ink painting and calligraphy
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore 253
Inland Revenue Department 253
INSEAD 253, 420
insects 252
InSource Theatre 182
Institute for Mathematical Sciences 96
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology 253
Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore 253
Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies 253
Institute of Education 370 See also National Institute of Education
Institute of Mental Health/Woodbridge Hospital 253
Institute of Microelectronics 96, 156
Institute of Molecular Agrobiology 124
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology 253
Institute of Policy Studies 254
Institute of Scientific and Forensic Medicine 93
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 254, 401
Institute of Technical Education 23, 254, 461
Integrated Air Defence System 198
Integrated Care Services 173
Integrated Programme 33, 108, 254
integrated resort 254, 100, 170, 208, 338 See also gambling
Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 147
intellectual property 255, 569: protection of 255, 594 See also patents
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore 255, 406, 569
Intelligent Nation 2015 251
Inter-Ministerial Committee on Health Care for the Elderly 173
interest rates 255
Interim Upgrading Programme 577
Internal Security Act 56, 81, 255, 284, 466, 594: and Marxist conspiracy 339; and Nanyang Siang Pau 365, 423; people detained under 97, 100, 162
Internal Security Department 255, 354, 496, 512
International Bank of Singapore 400
International Banking Corporation 127
International Bible Students Association 265
International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research 253
International Civil Aviation Organization 256, 573
International Court of Justice 333, 407
International Enterprise Singapore 256, 461
International Herald Tribune 175
International Institute for Management Development 139
International Maritime Organization 256, 573
International School of Singapore 90
international schools 256
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 290, 333
International Weightlifting Federation Gold Award: first weightlifter in the world to be awarded 540
Internet 256: filtering of websites 423
Interpretation Act 299
Inter-Racial Confidence Circles 257, 361
Inter-Religious Organisation 18, 52, 550
investment banks 257
Investment Guarantee Agreement (with Indonesia) 250
in-vitro fertilization 68, 445
Ip Yiu Tung 152
Iqbal, K.T.M. 257, 534
Isham, Ashley 257
Iskandar Jalil 257
Iskandar Shah 157, 257, 320, 389, 420, 463
Islam 249, 258 See also Administration of Muslim Law Act; Hanafi School; haj; madrasahs; Malacca sultanate; Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura; mosques; mufti; Shafi’i School; Shi’a; tudung issue
Islamic Development Bank 20
islands 258
Ismail Haji Omar 385
Ismail Marjan 259, 393, 563
Israel 135, 373, 480: embassy in Singapore 188; training of SAF 217; Singapore’s recognition of 291; visit of Chaim Herzog 231, 333
Istana 38, 259, 397, 424: and Sri Temasek 259 See also Government House
Istana Kampong Glam 259, 273, 323, 324
IT2000 Plan 251
Itagaki Seishiro, General 259
Itier, Jules 414
Ito Yoshaki 64