The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (94 page)

We were a Chinese island in a Malay sea. How could we survive in such a hostile environment?

Index

Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat (Singapore minister for local government, leader of UMNO Singapore),
216
,
272
,
296
,
305
,
336

Abdul Razak bin Hussain, Tun (deputy prime minister, Malaysia),
14
,
41
,
306
,
348
,
363–4
,
411
,
437–8
,
442
,
461–3
,
471
,
477
,
485
,
493–4
,
498
,
500–1
,
503
,
507
,
518–19
,
543
,
559–60
,
566
,
568–9
,
599
,
607
,
614–15
,
624–7
,
649
,
656

and Eddie Barker,
638–9

constitutional rearrangements for Singapore,
581
,
583
,
585
,
587
,
589
,
591

“hiving-off” negotiations,
17
,
629–38
,
661

merger negotiations,
437–9
,
477–80

suggests Lee Kuan Yew’s resignation,
568

Abdul Samad bin Ismail:
see
Samad Ismail

Afro-Asian movement: countries and leaders,
15
,
422
,
536

Ahmad Haji Taff,
517

Ahmad Ibrahim,
182
,
184
,
189
,
199
,
385–6
,
388
,
406
,
447
,
463

Ahmad Khan,
329

Algeria,
527

All-Party Committee on Chinese Schools,
213–14
,
216–18
,
222

All-Singapore Chinese School Parents’ Association,
216

Alliance party and government, Malaysia,
17
,
223
,
461
,
465
,
476
,
515
,
543
,
547–8
,
597

Alliance party, Singapore,
463
,
474
,
505–6
,
508
,
576
,
652–3

Anti-British League,
159
,
175
,
255
,
290
,
473

ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand and US defence agreement),
550

Australia,
16
,
17
,
225

defence forces in Singapore and Malaya,
46
,
52
,
55
,
223

Awbery, Stanley (Labour MP, Britain),
117
,
182

Azahari, A.M. (Partai Rakyat),
415
,
467

Baharuddin bin Mohamed Ariff,
356

Baker, Maurice,
45–6
,
69
,
122
,
132

Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa (prime minister, Nigeria),
532

Banda, Dr Hastings (president, Malawi),
532–3

Bani, S.T.,
367
,
507
,
513

Bank of China,
517
,
632

Barisan Sosialis,
378
,
383
,
385
,
390
,
401–3
,
406–9
,
413–14
,
416
,
418–21
,
427–8
,
429
,
432–4
,
444
,
446–52
,
460–2
,
463
,
471–2
,
474
,
477
,
483–4
,
486
,
496–7
,
505–8
,
511
,
574
,
622
,
653

appeal to UN Decolonisation Committee (1962),
433–4

declaration on Brunei revolt,
467

in favour of complete merger,
401
,
414
,
416

Barker, Eddie,
116
,
604
,
613
,
629
,
631–2
,
636
,
638–40
,
645

Ben Bella (prime minister, Algeria),
527–8

Benham, F.C. (committee on family allowances),
155

Berita Harian
,
608

Bevan, Aneurin (health minister, UK),
130
,
231

Black, Sir Robert (UK governor, Singapore),
202
,
206
,
209–11
,
213
,
228

Blades, Alan (Singapore commissioner of police),
328–9
,
352

Bloodworth, Dennis,
489
,
605

Bogaars, George (director, Singapore Special Branch),
557
,
623
,
631–2
,
645

Bottomley, Arthur (UK secretary of state, Commonwealth Relations),
628
,
647
,
651
,
663

Bourguiba, Habib (president, Tunisia),
526–7

Brandt, Willy,
571

Britain:

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
45
,
55

Brunei revolt,
466–8

colonial education system,
36
,
43

Commonwealth Prime Ministers’

Conference (1962),
454
,
456–7

defence forces in Malaya and Southeast Asia,
20
,
223–4

defending Malaysia during Indonesian Confrontation,
493
,
522–3
,
548
,
567
,
572–4
,
590
,
636
,
657

European Economic Market and Community (EEC),
364
,
454–7

majority vote on Singapore’s Defence and Security Council,
237

merger negotiations,
403
,
429
,
479–83
,
500–3

military bases in Singapore,
23
,
581
,
652
,
655

National Health Service Act,
129
,
130

opposes constitutional rearrangements for Malaysia,
583
,
587–91

opposes Singapore’s separation from Malaysia,
629–30

power to revoke Singapore’s constitution,
360–1
,
501

professionalism of officials,
435
,
537–8

protection of Malays in Malaya,
51

strategic value of Singapore for defence,
225

superior status of British in Singapore,
50–3

supports a federation of the Borneo territories, Singapore and Malaya,
364
,
366–7

surrender to Japan,
49

British Military Administration,
86–90

Brockway, Fenner (Labour Party, UK),
117
,
367

Brunei,
367
,
400
,
408
,
415–16
,
478
,
494

opts out of Malaysian merger,
481

revolt (December 1962),
466–8

Sultan of Brunei,
415–16
,
442

Buang bin Omar Junid,
286

Buma, Michael,
617

Burma,
68
,
71
,
121

Burnett, Hugh,
492

Byrne, Kenny,
122
,
138
,
153–5
,
160–1
,
182
,
198
,
206
,
268
,
293–4
,
318
,
320–1
,
387–8
,
447
,
507
,
513

Callaghan, James (UK Labour MP, later prime minister),
307

Cameron, John (Queen’s Counsel),
152

Campos, M.N.,
37

Ceylon,
115
,
121

Chan Chee Seng,
273
,
376–7
,
386–7

Chan Sun Wing,
387
,
511

Chang Yuen Tong,
282–5

Cheong Yip Seng,
398

Chew Swee Kee (Singapore minister for education),
216
,
218
,
245
,
279
,
284
,
289
,
294–5

foreign funds scandal,
293–5

Chiang Kai-shek,
45
,
57
,
116
,
191

Chin Peng,
88
,
176

China Institute, London,
127–8

China, People’s Republic of,
128
,
139
,
171
,
175
,
254
,
325
,
331
,
353
,
359
,
390
,
392

Chinese Brass Gong Musical Society,
244

Chinese High School,
168–70
,
217
,
246–7
,
249
,
253
,
330
,
473
,
486

Chinese language, education and culture,
52
,
86–7
,
141
,
167
,
170
,
185–6
,
213–14
,
216–22
,
240
,
409
,
511

Chinese middle school students,
228
,
242
,
254–5
,
267
,
428

demonstration for release of detainees,
261–2

Hock Lee riots,
200
,
201–4

protests against deregistration of union,
245–6

Chinese schools: ratio to English schools,
214

Chong Mong Seng,
187

Chor Yeok Eng,
376

Chua, F.A. (Freddy),
165
,
200–1
,
353
,
567

Chua Hoe Ann,
462–3
,
503–4

Chua Jim Neo (Mrs Lee Chin Koon),
25
,
29
,
34
,
47
,
49
,
65
,
66
,
92–5
,
133
,
135

Chua Kim Teng,
27–9

Chua Sian Chin,
231

Chuang Chu Lin,
218
,
332

Chung Cheng High School,
246–7
,
249
,
332
,
428

May 13 incident,
166
,
169
,
218

Cobbold Commission,
426
,
430
,
432
,
443

communist united front (CUF),
174
,
200
,
206
,
228
,
239
,
240–1
,
244
,
246
,
253
,
264
,
269
,
271
,
290
,
349
,
373
,
384
,
508

Conservative (Tory) Party and government, Britain,
124–5
,
128–9
,
234
,
455

Constitution of Malaysia (Singapore Amendment) Bill, 1965,
14
,
648

Corridon, Richard Byrne,
157–9
,
195
,
290
,
307

Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB),
346
,
479

Councils of Joint Action:

allowances for government servants, 1952,
154–5

allowances for government servants, 1959,
319–20

Criminal Investigation Department,
329
,
369

Cripps, Stafford (Labour Party, UK),
117

Critchley, Tom (Australian high commissioner, Malaysia),
412
,
591
,
663

CUF:
see
communist united front