Page numbers in bold denote the location of actual entries or boxed sections in the book.
tabla 247
table tennis 499
Taha Suhaimi 532
tahil 532
Tahir Jalaluddin, Sheik 26, 532
Tai Shan Ting 382, 560
tailoring 153
Tajuddin 534
Takase Toru 532, 588
Takashimaya 382
Talentime 21: first winner 311
TalkingCock 504, 532
Talmud Torah (Hebrew School) 266
Tamil 246, 358, 361, 371, 532: on the Internet 221
Tamil education 532, 563: closure of Tamil-medium primary schools 533; last Tamil-medium school 533; Tamil Girls’ School 352; Umar Pulavar Tamil School 573
Tamil Language Council 35
Tamil literature 173, 534
Tamil Malar 532, 533, 534
Tamil Murasu 30, 35, 381, 458, 532, 533, 534
Tamil Muslims See Chulias
Tamil Nadu 249
Tamil New Year 533
Tamil poetry 173: Ulaganathan, I. 573; Umar Pulavar 573
Tamil theatre 24,173, 536, 579
Tamils 124, 233, 249, 533
Tamils Reform Association 458, 534, 535: origins of Tamil Murasu 533
Tamils Representative Council 536
Tamilselvam 534
Tampines 535
Tampines Hills 232
Tan, Alvin 182, 378, 471, 535
Tan, Benedict 535
Tan, Bernard 133, 461, 535, 566
Tan, C.C. 291, 443, 447, 498, 535
Tan, Christopher Y.H. 535
Tan, Danny 388
Tan, David 174
Tan, E.G. 216
Tan, Evan 401
Tan, Freddie 564
Tan, Henry 536
Tan, Jennifer 537
Tan, Kelvin 537
Tan, Kenneth 537
Tan, Kenneth Michael 465
Tan, Lara 114
Tan, Leo 537
Tan, Margaret Leng 133, 537
Tan, Matthew 342
Tan, Melvyn 133, 537
Tan, Nalla 178
Tan, Naomi 242
Tan, Paul 178
Tan, Royston 193, 279, 537
Tan, Theresa 182
Tan, Tony 537
Tan, William 538
Tan Ah Tah 538
Tan Ai Lay 294
Tan Beng Swee 38, 538, 541, 542, 544
Tan Beng Wan 107
Tan Boon Kiat 549
Tan Boon Teik 538
Tan Chan Boon 538
Tan Chay Yen 280
Tan Che Sang 205, 274, 538
Tan Chee Kien 374, 417
Tan Cheng Bock 539
Tan Cheng Kee 28
Tan Cheng Lock, Tun Sir 330, 402, 408, 539, 544
Tan Cheng Siong 40
Tan Chin Kwang, Stephen 421
Tan Chin Tuan 400, 447, 539
Tan Chin Tuan Foundation 539
Tan Chong Kee 506
Tan Chong Kim 408
Tan Chong Poh 206
Tan Choo Leng 216
Tan Choon Lim See Lim Bo Seng
Tan Chye Cheng See Tan, C.C.
Tan Eng Liang 539
Tan Eng Yoon 539
Tan Foundation See Tan Chin Tuan Foundation
Tan Gee Paw 540
Tan Hian Tsin 151
Tan Hiok Nee See Tan Yeok Nee
Tan How Choon 167
Tan Howe Liang 95, 391, 513, 540
Tan Hwee Hock 540, 584
Tan Hwee Hwee 178, 540
Tan I Tong 540
Tan Jiak Kim 107, 523, 541
Tan Jwee Song 178
Tan Kah Beng 114
Tan Kah Kee 104, 107, 108, 125, 131, 172, 294, 305, 365, 454, 511, 541, 542, 549: founding of Nan Chiau Teachers’ Training College 364
Tan Kah Kee Foundation 541
Tan Kay Hai 327
Tan Keong Saik 523, 541
Tan Kheam Hock 450, 542
Tan Kia Gan 148
Tan Kian Por 109, 542
Tan Kim Ching 38, 131, 542, 544, 546, 549: co-founding of the Tan Si Chong Su Temple 538
Tan Kim Seng 189, 316, 542: son of Tan Kim Seng 538
Tan Kim Seng Fountain 435, 542
Tan Kim Song 454
Tan Kim Tian 100
Tan Kok Hian 433
Tan Kok Hiang 40
Tan Kok Quan 465
Tan Lark Sye 107, 131, 366, 542
Tan Lee Meng 543
Tan Lip Seng 135, 415, 543
Tan Mei Ching 178
Tan Mui Choo, Catherine 303
Tan Oe Pang 108
Tan Pin Pin 195
Tan Puay Huat 40
Tan Rajah & Cheah 443
Tan Sam Chie 100
Tan See Boo 421
Tan See Siang 364
Tan Seng Poh 95, 543, 546
Tan Ser Cher 391, 543
Tan Si Chong Su Temple 38, 542, 544
Tan Sia Siong 78
Tan Siah Kwee 109, 544
Tan Siew Sin, Tun 403, 544
Tan Soo Khoon 545
Tan Swie Hian 109, 602, 545
Tan Tarn How 182, 545
Tan Teck Chwee 545
Tan Teck Guan building 280
Tan Teck Khim 545
Tan Teow Bok 473
Tan Tian Boon 546
Tan Tiong Boon 546
Tan Tock Seng 38, 131, 542, 546, 562
Tan Tock Seng Hospital 28, 286, 469, 538, 546, 569
Tan Tsze Chor 108
Tan Wah Piow 97, 339, 546
Tan Yeok Nee 38, 95, 214, 240, 450, 543, 546, 577
Tan Yeok Seong 430
Tan Yok Han, John 315
Tan Yong Siak 107
Tan Yoong 231
Tanah Kubor Raja 547, 558
Tanah Kubor Temenggong 547
Tanah Merah Country Club 547
Tang, Kelly 547
Tang, Willy 414
Tang Choon Keng 547, 548
Tang Da Wu 43, 415, 547
Tang Dahon 43
Tang I-Fang 547
Tang Liang Hong 548
Tang Mun Kit 43
Tang Pui Wah 391
T’ang Quartet 133, 548
Tang Tee Khoon 133
Tang Un Tien See Tang Choon Keng
Tange, Kenzo 492
Tange, Paul 83
Tangent, The 105
Tanglin 291, 548, 572
Tanglin Barracks 159
Tanglin Club 316, 548
Tanglin Halt 250, 436, 548
Tanglin Mall 29
Tanglin Place 29
Tanglin Railway Station 548
Tangs 547, 548
Tanjong Berlayar Park 288
Tanjong Katong 204, 548
Tanjong Katong Swimming Party 113
Tanjong Pagar 39, 548
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company 181, 427, 443
Tanjong Pagar docks 31
Tanjong Pagar Port 276
Tanjong Pagar Railway Station See Keppel Railway Station
Tanjung Katong 135
Tanjung Pelepas 521, 526
Tank Road Station 240
Tao Nan School 39, 48, 131, 132, 549: founder 541
Tao Rong Musical Society 106
Taoism 111, 116, 383, 549, 550
Taoist Day See Lao Zi’s birthday
Taoist Federation (Singapore) 549, 550
Taoist Mission of Singapore 550
tapioca 235
Tarantino, Quentin 562
tariffs 138
Taslim Harjosanojo 586
Tata Steel 377
Taufik Batisah 25, 491
tax 148, 169, 219
tax farming See revenue farming
taxation 550: personal income tax 411
taxis 137, 431, 550
Tay, David P.C. 415, 551
Tay, Moses 33, 121
Tay, Simon 178, 454
Tay, Zoe 416, 551
Tay Bin Wee 551
Tay Buan Guan 551
Tay Chee Toh 45, 58, 551
Tay Chong Hai 552
Tay Eng Soon 466, 552
Tay Geok Teat 100
Tay Kay Chin 414, 552
Tay Kheng Soon 218, 304, 513, 552
Tay Koh Yat 552
Tay Koh Yat Bus Company 552
Tay Leck Teck 551
Tay Sek Tin 421
Tay Seow Huah 552
Tay Syndrome 552
Tay Teck Lock, 357
Tay Teow Kiat 553
Tay Yong Kwang 553
Tay-Chee, Gracia 182
Taylor, Brigadier Harold 283, 553
Tchang Ju Chi 44
TCM See traditional Chinese medicine 22
Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri 575
tea dances 180, 222, 524, 553
Teachers’ Training College 21, 370
Teater Artistik 326
Teater Ekamatra 326
Teater Kami 326
Teater Nadi 363
Tebrau and Scudai Water Agreement 584, 585
Technet 256
Tee Tua Ba 553
Tee Yih Jia 236, 418, 553
Teen Challenge 408
Teh Cheang Wan 148, 553
teh tarik 458, 554
Tek Kah 280
Tek Kah Market See Tekka Market
Tekka Market 468, 554
Telecommunication Authority of Singapore 419, 504, 505, 554
telecommunications 505, 519, 554: importance to economy 168; telegraphy 167, 181
Telecomunication Authority of Singapore 251
television broadcasting 483, 513, 554
Television Corporation of Singapore 554, 555
television drama serials 242, 556: theme songs 558
television, cable 519
television, satellite 459
Telok Ayer 555
Telok Ayer Basin 290
Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church 74, 350, 555
Telok Ayer Market 557
Telok Blangah 19, 332, 360
Telok Blangah Factory 75
Telok Blangah Hill Park 29
Telok Kurau School 511
Telugu 249
Temasek 160, 257, 313, 557: early records of 420; Malay dynasty 324; relations with Majapahit 403; renamed Singapura 457; trade in lakawood 289
Temasek Holdings 102, 157, 168, 220, 234, 280, 379, 464, 465, 557: privatization of companies 426
Temasek Polytechnic 40, 417, 557
tembusu 231
Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim Mosque 547, 558
temenggong, definition of 19
temperatures 134
Templar, Simon 94
Templer, Gerald 176, 444
Ten Gurus 477
Ten Men Art Group 45
Ten Years Programme 170
Teng, Joachim 126
Teng, Maggie 114, 558
Teng Mah Seng 558
Tengah Airbase 449
Tenkasi 248
Teo, Eddie 559
Teo, Jennifer 401
Teo, John 524
Teo Bee Yen 558
Teo Chee Hean 558, 559
Teo Eng Hock 526
Teo Eng Seng 45, 558
Teo Lay Swee 135
Teo Soo Chuan 559
Teochew 25, 104, 107, 130–31, 382, 383, 475, 493, 559: opera 79, 478, 559, 560
Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan 130, 131, 309, 559
Terauchi Hisaichi, Field Marshal Count 259, 560
Terengganu sultanate 18
termites 252
terrorism 138, 574, 575
Teutonia Club 560
Thai Wah Group 234, 235
Thaipusam 247, 249, 516, 560
Thakral, Kartar Singh 560
Thakral, Sohan Singh 560
Tham, Jennifer 502
Tham Tuck Yen 560
Thangaraasan, M. 536
Tharman Shanmugaratnam 249, 561
Thau Yong 559
Thean, L.P. 240, 561
Theatre Ox 182
Theatre Practice, The 420, 561
theatre See Chinese theatre; English theatre; Malay theatre; Tamil theatre
Theatre Training and Research Programme 284
TheatreWorks 21, 182, 308, 392, 561, 590
Theemidhi 249, 515, 561
Then, Anthony 155, 487, 562
Thenmoli, S. 24
Theroux, Paul 562
Thevet, André 562
They Call Her...Cleopatra Wong 562
Thiagaraja Bhagavathar 247
Thian Hock Keng Temple 38, 112, 131, 236, 491, 549, 555, 562
Thingyan 77
Think Centre 512, 562
Thinking Schools, Learning Nation 171
Thio, Shane 562
Third Stage 182, 339
13th month bonus See annual wage supplement
Thiruonam 391
Thiruvengadam, P. 534
Thiruvithancode 248
Thoburn, James Mills 350, 588
Thomas Cup 209, 482, 563, 592
Thomas, Francis 319, 339, 346, 494, 562
Thomas, Sir Shenton 190, 473, 563
Thomsen, Claudius Henry 21, 425
Thomson Road Reservoir 361, 450 See also MacRitchie Reservoir
Thomson, George 563
Thomson, John Turnbull 32, 227, 239, 399, 414: Dalhousie Obelisk 154
Thomson, G.H. 107
Thong Aik Rubber Factory 309
Thong Chai Medical Institution See Old Thong Chai Medical Institution
Thong Chai Yee Say 390
Three Rifles 564
three-quarter tank rule 564
thrushes 288
thumbdrive 564
Thumboo, Edwin 178, 188, 564
Thunderbirds, The 553, 564
Thye Hong Biscuits and Confectionery 564
Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society 32
Tiah Mong Teck 118
Tian Han 125
Tian Yan Dawutai 112
Tien Wah Press 565
Tien Yien Moh Toi 185
Tifang Jih Pao 425
Tiger Airways 314, 479
Tiger Balm 51, 228, 565
Tiger Balm Gardens 51, 229
Tiger Balm King 260
Tiger Beer 47, 565
Tiger Brand 51
Tiger Cup 508
Tiger of Malaya 599
tigers 25, 335, 565
Timber Industry Board 256
TIME 423
Times Publishing 566
Times Publishing Berhad 497
Times the Bookshop 565
Timor-Leste 250
tin 181, 431, 523, 566
Tin Hou Kong 226
Tiong Bahru 143, 566
To, Alex 114
Toa Payoh 429, 566
Toa Payoh Hospital 91
TODAY 381, 508, 566
Toh Chee Hung 566
Toh Chin Chye 408, 519, 566: chairman of Malayan Forum 330; Malaysian Solidarity Convention 334; creation of state symbols 368
Toh Paik Choo, Sylvia 177, 504
Toh Puan 385
Tojo Hideki 599
Tokyo Square 180
Tominaga Sanemitsu 567
Tomlinson, Samuel 39, 267
Tompel, A.R. 386
Tong Teck Book and Newspaper Association 573
Tong, Kelvin 167, 567
Tongluo Musical Society 106
Tongmeng Hui 525
Tooh Fee San 108
Topham, Jones and Railton 85
topless dancing 571
Total Defence 68, 567
Total Defence Day 369
Toto and 4-D 497, 501, 567
Tou Mu Kung 567
tourism 501, 568
Tower Club 568
town clubs 568
town councils 241, 568
Town Councils Act 568
Town Hall 38, 430, 580 See also Victoria Theatre
Town Planning Committee 474
Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble 118, 182
Toyota 69, 359
Toys ‘R’ Us 351
Tracey, Ira 121
track and field 95
trade 140, 568
Trade Development Board 256
Trade Disputes Ordinance 287
Trade Marks Act 569
Trade Marks Ordinance 569
Trade Union House 487
Trade Union Ordinance 481
trade unions 287: All-Singapore Fire Brigade Employees’ Union; Army Civil Service Union; Business and House Employee Union; General Labour Union; Hock Lee Employees’ Union; Naval Base Labour Union; Pioneer Industries Employee’s Union; Quarry Workers Union; Singapore Factory and Shop Workers Union; Singapore General Employees’ Union; Singapore Malay Teachers’ Union; Singapore Malay Union (See Kesatuan Melayu Singapura); Singapore Seamen’s Union; Singapore Teachers’ Union; Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Union
Trade Unions Act 412
Trade Unions Bill 287
trade winds 179
trademarks 569
TradeNet 251
Traders Hotel 29
Tradewinds 477
traditional Chinese medicine 22, 109, 286, 569
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Bill 569
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board 354
Trafalgar Coconut Plantation 454
Trailers, The 95, 114, 553
trams 570
Transcab Services 551
Transient Workers Count Too, 318
Transit Link Pte Ltd 431
Trans-Pacific SEP 206
transplants 214
transport 134
transport sector: predominance of Henghua in 230; predominance of Hockhia in 236
transvestites 75
Travers, Captain Thomas 570
treaties 570
Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (with Malay chiefs) 150
Treaty of Nanking 139
Treaty of Pangkor 71
Treaty of Tientsin 140
tree-climbing crab 337
Trek2000 564
tremors and earthquakes 570
triads See secret societies
trial by jury 151, 570
trichothiodystrophy 552
trilobite larvae 252
Trim and Fit Programme 387
Trinity Theological College 121, 350
tripartism 354, 374
Tripitaka Theatre Company 230
TRIPS Agreement 569
trolley buses 570
Tropicana 571
Trump, Donald 286
Tsao Chieh 133
Tse, Nicholas 123
Tsuji Masanobu, Colonel 511, 571, 583
tsunami 291: Tsunami Warning System 350
Tsung Peh Society 462
Tua Pek Kong temple, Kusu Island 285
Tuan Mong School 559, 560
Tuas 571
Tuas Second Link 85, 571
tuberculosis 571
tudung issue 571
Tuhfat al-Nafis 75, 322, 572
tuition 572
tukang ayer 584
Tun Seri Lanang Award 18, 318, 339, 356, 361, 528
Tun Sri Lanang School 291
Tung Ann District Guild 130
Tung On Arts and Oriental Opera Group 572
Tung On Free School 572
Tung On Wui Kun 572
Turner, Arthur 402
TV See television broadcasting
TVMobile 555
Tweedie, Michael 149
12 Storeys 193, 278, 572
Tye Soon Limited 236
Tyersall 572
typhoid fever 357
Tzi Ma 182
Tzu Chi Foundation 288