Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
Oath of Renunciation, Allegiance and Loyalty 128
OB markers 304, 387
obesity 387
obscenity laws 387
Observatory, The 387, 401
OCBC See Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
OCBC Centre 40
Ocean Butterflies 281
Ocean Garments 388
October Cherries 387
Odate Shigeo 387
Oddfellows, The 180, 387, 537
Odeon 387
odissi 247
Odyssey Dance Theatre 388
Oehlers, Sir George 388, 498, 512
Oehlers and Choa 506
Oei, Mavis 279
Oei Hong Leong 377, 388
Oei Tiong Ham 388, 549
official language 334, 532 See also national language
Official Secrets Act 423
Off-peak Car Scheme 388
offshore banking 55
OG Department Store 388
Oil: oil crisis (1979) 187; oil rigs 168; oil trade 102, 531; storage facilities 389; spillages 148
oil-refining sector 71, 187, 222, 412, 432, 388 See also Singapore Petroleum Company
Oishi Masayuki, Lieutenant-Colonel 275, 389, 511, 583
Olcomendy, Michael 85, 121
Old Admiralty House 389
Old Chang Kee 153, 389
Old Lines 37, 389
Old Ministry of Labour Building 390
Old Nanyang University Library, Administration Building, Memorial and Gateway Arch See Nanyang University
Old Parliament House and Annexe 38, 390; archaeological finds at 37
Old Strait 239
Old Thong Chai Medical Institution 38, 390
Oldham, William 350, 390, 588
Oliveiro, Douglas 180, 390
Olympic Games 391
Omar Kampung Melaka Mosque 28, 35, 258, 324, 358, 391
Omar Rojik 193
Omni Marco Polo 280
Omnibus Services Licensing Authority 431
On Shaw Ming 391
Onam 391
Onapookkalam 391
101 Special Training School 94, 200, 331
One Man, One Wife campaign 590
One Moulmein Rise 40
one-north 23, 253, 269, 281, 391
Ong, Christina 391
Ong, Remy 391
Ong Ban Guan 236
Ong Beng Seng 377, 391
Ong Bon Chai 499
Ong Boon Hua See Chin Peng
Ong Boon Tat 30, 380
Ong Chin Bee 40
Ong Choo Kee 567
Ong Eng Guan 128, 129, 265, 343, 391, 574
Ong Keng Huat 386
Ong Keng Sen 182, 392, 561
Ong Kim Seng 392
Ong Lip Tat 133, 392
Ong Pang Boon 265, 392, 567, 593
Ong Peng Hock 30, 222, 380
Ong Poh Lim 259, 563, 393
Ong Siong Kai 393
Ong Swee Law 393
Ong Teng Cheong 422, 393: and the Council of Presidential Advisors 149; creation of country club for workers 149; initiation of Cultural Medallion 152; involvement with labour movement 287; founding of Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay 184;
Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies 375
Ong Tjie Sien 388
Ong Tjoe Kim 351, 394
Ong Toh 446, 521
Ong Wei Soeij 231, 393, 394
Onishi Satoru 511
Onn bin Jaafar 19
Ooi, Douglas 292
Ooi, Ronald 292
Ooi Teik Hock 563
Open Market Value 82, 394
Open Singapore Centre 95
Open University 492, 575
Operation Cold Store 54, 56, 255, 306, 308, 394, 409, 434, 455, 496, 503, 593
Operation Jaywick 163, 276, 394, 525
Operation Matador 73, 127, 394, 596
Operation Pechah 394
Operation Rimau 395
Operation Tide-Race 395
Operation Zipper 395
Operationally Ready National Servicemen 355, 373
opium 95, 395, 450, 451, 462, 543, 546: Anti-Opium Clinic 97; cultivation of 75–76; Opium Commission 31, 451; rehabilitation centre 305 See also drugs; revenue farming
opposition members of Parliament 384
Opposition Party 180
Oral History Department 370
oral Sabin vaccine 357
Orang Gelam 396
Orang Kallang 396
Orang Laut 19, 57, 244, 272, 331, 396, 506
Orang Minyak (Oily Man) 284
Orang Selat 396
Orang Seletar 396
Oranje Hotel 42
Orapin Global 148
Orchard Cinema 396
Orchard Parade Hotel 280
Orchard Road 115, 386, 396, 475
Orchard Road Presbyterian Church 421
Orchard Towers 397, 427
orchards 240
Orchid Country Club 149
orchid shirt 369
Orchid Society of Southeast Asia 398
orchids 293, 398, 578
Ord, Sir Harry 151, 259, 397, 413, 522
Ord Bridge 500
Order of Nila Utama 397
Order of Temasek 397
Ordinary People 180
organic modernism 227
Organisation of Islamic Conference 20
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 160
Oriental Mission See Force 136
Oriental Telephone and Electric Company 397
orphanages 30
Ortelius, Abraham 562
Orthodox Syrian Church 121
OSIM International 398
Osman, M. 418
‘Other’ ethnic groups 361
Othman Neek 524
Othman Wok 321, 398, 530
Otokichi Yamamoto 399
otters 337
Ottomans 467
Ottoson, John Matthew See Otokichi Yamamoto
OUB See Overseas Union Bank
OUB Centre 40
Our Lady of Good Counsel 145
Our Lady of the Nativity 145
Outram Institute 270, 352
Outram Prison 399, 425, 426
Outward Bound schools 94
Ouzo 399
Oversea-Chinese Bank United 400
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 55, 99, 400, 453, 538, 539, 542
Overseas Chinese Association 306
Overseas Chinese Welfare Association 473
Overseas Missionary Fellowship 121, 122
Overseas Union Bank 55, 303, 400, 542, 574, 586
Ow Chin Hock 343, 400
Owyang, Chi 400
Owyang, Hsuan 400
Oxley, Thomas 386
Oxley Hill 358