Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
race riots 333, 426, 437, 466, 530
racial equality 361
racial harmony 128, 139, 361
Racial Harmony Day 369, 438
racial segregation 576
Radha Soami Satsang 233
Radha, M.K. 536
Radin Mas 438
Radio and Television Singapore 554
radio broadcasting 72, 438, 498
Radio Corporation of Singapore 438
Radio Malaya 438
Radio Malaysia 438
Radio Singapore 438
Radio Television Singapore 343
Rae, Air Vice Marshal Ramsay 327
Raffles, Mary Anne 198
Raffles, Lady Sophia 439, 440, 570
Raffles, Sir Stamford 19, 20, 23, 32, 48, 268, 277, 401, 439, 440, 442, 450, 460, 517, 570: abolition of slavery 507; in Bencoolen 59–60; building of bungalow on Government Hill 203; call for museum 372; and Christianity 120; and East India Company 166; and William Farquhar 190; first landing in Singapore 498; and William Lawrence Flint 198; installation of Sultan Husain Shah 324; in Java 570; and James Pearl 407; policies regarding vice 208; statue of 498
Raffles City 40
Raffles Collection 442
Raffles College 280, 375, 388, 440, 439, 577
Raffles Girls’ School 246, 440, 441
Raffles Holdings 81,123, 440
Raffles Hotel 39, 42, 63, 123, 280, 342, 440, 440, 459, 499, 529, 553
Raffles Institution 136, 246, 441, 439, 440
Raffles Junior College 246
Raffles Library and Museum 38, 46, 48, 212, 370, 372, 430, 588 See also National Museum of Singapore
Raffles Lighthouse 441
Raffles Medical Group 424, 441
Raffles Museum and Library See Raffles Library and Museum
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, The 96, 372, 440, 442
Raffles Place 39, 442, 453, 475 See also Commercial Square
Raffles Place Ragtime 267
Raffles Quay 442
Raffles Town Club 304, 568
Rahim Hamid 442
Rahim Ishak 442
Rahim Omar 510
Rahimah Rahim 442
railways 24, 443
rainfall 133–34
rainforest 448
Raintree Pictures See MediaCorp Raintree Pictures
Rajah, A.P. 443, 512
Rajah, C.R. 269
Rajah, K.S. 465
Rajah, T.T. 408, 443
Rajah, V.K. 443, 465
Rajah & Tann 443, 443
Rajaratnam, S. 249, 354, 443, 465, 501, 567: and Eu Chooi Yip 183; first foreign minister 353
Rajendran, S. 444
Rajhans, B.S. 193, 444
Rakyat Clinic 308
Ramadan 172
Ramakrishna Mission 233
Ramalingam, Pundit 247
Raman, P.S. 444
Ramasamy, E.V. 536
Ramasamy, K. 247
Ramlee, P. 75, 193, 228, 284, 322, 407, 418, 444
Ramli, A. 418, 445
Ramli Sarip 445
Ramos, Fidel 145
Rangasamy Dasan, N.V. 534
Ransome, Sir Gordon 445
Rao, B.N. 193, 417, 445
Rao, Narashima 246
Raoul 198
Rape of Nanking 137
Ratnam, S.S. 445
rats 335
Ravi, V. 536
Ravindran Drama Group 536
rays 197
Rayuan Kencana Orchestra 25
Read Bridge 500
real estate 168
Real Estate Developers Association 49
real estate investment trust: CapitaMall Trust, first 81
recessions 169, 294, 445 See also economy
reclamation See land reclamation
Recorder 244, 362, 446
Red Cross 446
Red House Bakery 446
red junglefowl 66, 446
Red Lantern Pier 133
Redemptorists 85, 385
Rediffusion 100, 438, 439, 446, 521: Chinese Drama Group 118; Choir 106
red-light districts 427
RedQuEEn 238
reefs See coral reefs
refineries 389
Reflections at Bukit Chandu 276, 324, 446
Reformative Training Centre 426
Regional English Language Centre See Regional Language Centre
Regional Language Centre 446
Register of Electors 580
Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance 244
Registration of UK Patents Act 406
Registry of Marriages 447
Registry of Muslim Marriages 23, 258, 325, 447
Registry of Political Donations 174
Registry of Trade Marks and Patents 255
Regnier, O. 414
rehabilitation, opium 305
religious harmony 121, 319, 422
Ren Baoxian 521
Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre 74, 447, 473
Rendel, George 447
Rendel Commission 144, 299, 310, 346, 383, 447, 539
Rent Control Act 35, 428, 447
Report on the All-Party Committee on Chinese Education 171, 178 See also Chinese education
Report on the Ministry of Education (Goh Report) 171, 523
reptiles and amphibians 448
Republic of Singapore Air Force 406, 447, 480
Republic of Singapore Independence Act 144
Republic of Singapore Navy 377, 449, 480, 521: vessels 291
Republic Plaza 570
Republic Polytechnic 417, 449
Repulse, HMS 200, 328, 413, 449, 596
rescue: DART (Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team) 156; Special Tactics and Rescue Unit 513
reservists See Operationally Ready National Servicemen
reservoirs 427, 449, 452, 578, 584 See also Fort Canning Reservoir; Impounding Reservoir; Kallang River Reservoir; MacRitchie Reservoir; Marina Barrage; Murai Reservoir; Peirce Reservoir; Poyan Reservoir; Seletar Reservoirs, Upper and Lower; Sarimbun Reservoir; Thomson Road Reservoir; NEWater; crocodiles
Residency Hill 220
Residents 220, 452 See also governors
Residents’ Committees 450
Restricted Zone See Area Licensing Scheme and Restricted Zone
Restroom Association (Singapore) 450
reunion dinner 111
revenue farming 190, 450, 462
Revere Bell 53–54
Rex Cinema 389, 450
Reys-Gheschrift van de Navigatiën der Portugaloysers in Orienten (Travel Accounts of Portuguese Navigation in the Orient) 578, 579
Rhodes Scholarship: first Singaporean to be awarded 539
Riau 53, 57, 61, 63, 75, 223
Riau royal family 572
Riau-Lingga sultanate 269, 423
rice-crackers 582
Richard, Cliff 180
Richardson, George 562
Rickshaw Ordinance 451
rickshaws 230, 236, 267, 450, 570
Ridley, Henry 25, 66, 398, 420, 451, 578: rubber planting 454; Singapore Botanic Gardens 482
Ridzwan Dzafir 451
Riley & Hargreaves, 359
Ring of Fury 451
riots 20, 109, 224, 433, 496, 512, 546 See also Chinese middle school riots; Hock Lee bus riots; race riots; Hokkien-Teochew riots; Maria Hertogh riots; May 13 incident (5-1-3); Post Office Riots
Ripon, Lord 355
Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, The 40, 452
River Valley High School 51
rivers 452, 578 See also Seletar River; Serangoon River; Singapore River; Sungai Pulai; Sungei Api Api; valleys; Whampoa River
road pricing scheme 35
road tax 452
Road to Singapore 194
Road Traffic Act 264
roads 290, 452
Robert Wee & Co. 292
Robertson Quay 498
Robertson, Lindsay 190
Robinson, Philip 452
Robinson, Sir Hercules 151, 522
Robinson, Sir William 452
Robinsons 267, 442, 452, 475
Robinsons fire 453
Roche, Kevin 452
Rock Auditorium 380
Rockstar Collective 180
Rodyk & Davidson 443, 453, 593
Rogers, Wynn 563
Rogue Trader 194, 298
rojak 453
Roman Catholic Archbishop Act 121
Roomai Noor 444
Rose Badminton Party 259
Rosh Hashanah 265
Ross, Daniel 205, 579
Rothmans 565
roti john 453
roti prata 200, 248, 453
Roundtable, The 454
Royal Air Force 596
Royal Artillery 204
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 190
Royal Mary 122
Royal Navy 127, 238, 595
Royal Rangers 408
Royal Road 27
RSP Architects Planners & Engineers 119, 312
rubber 24, 25, 31, 135, 281, 296, 309, 406, 451, 454, 454, 464, 525, 541, 542, 603
Rubin, M.P.H. 454
Rudolph, Paul 40
rugby 499, 511, 517