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Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

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by Han Fook Kwang


  selecting candidates, 101, 333

  united front with the communists, 37, 47, 49–50, 57, 269–72, 275

  victory over communists, 60

  People’s Progressive Party, Malaya, 79

  Philippines, 21, 113, 119, 123, 148, 149, 206, 236, 257, 338, 372, 378, 379, 398, 439

  Plen, the, see Fang Chuang Pi

  Poh Soo Kai, 202, 420

  Political Study Centre, 92, 317–20, 362

  Preservation of Public Security Order (PPSO), 203, 204, 412

  Progressive Party, 35, 37, 44, 47, 56, 269, 275

  Public Service

  Commission (PSC), 103, 237, 358, 417

  Punjab, 213

  Puthucheary, Dominic, 62

  Puthucheary, James, 50, 60, 70, 274, 277

  Raffles College, 14, 26, 31

  Raffles Institution, 14, 26, 27, 395

  Rajah, A.P., 35, 47

  Rajah, T.T., 50

  Rajaratnam, S., 35, 47, 64, 65, 81, 90, 157, 270

  Ramos, Fidel, 148, 378

  Reagan, Ronald, 221, 244, 385

  Religious Harmony Act, 190

  riots, 45, 50, 51, 65, 134, 201, 213, 241, 270, 308, 429, 430, 440, 442

  Rotary Club, 112, 343

  Russia, 63, 149, 154, 167, 272, 393, 431

  Sabah, 74, 77, 80, 82, 298, 300, 301, 304, 310, see also North Borneo

  Said Zahari, 62

  Samad Ismail, 47, 62

  Sarawak, 69, 77, 82, 282, 298, 300, 301, 304, 310, 445

  Sarawak United People’s Party, 79, 80

  Selkirk, Lord, 273, 274, 277

  Seow Huan Nio, 23

  Shell system of appraisal, 101, 103, 237, 331–2

  Sheng Nam Chin, 57

  Sihanouk, Prince, 307

  Singapore:

  Cabinet (1959), 157

  civil service, 35, 45, 92, 94, 196, 270, 315, 317–20, 321–3, 324, 328, 330, 331, 363, 418

  crime and punishment, 193–4, 203, 205, 414–18

  economic policy, 108–23

  economic sectors, 348–9

  education policy, 113, 114, 265, 278, 285, 324, 345–50, 364, 393–5, 404–5

  elections:

  1955 – 35, 36, 45, 47, 49, 263

  1959 – 37, 38

  1963 – 70, 288, 335

  Anson by-election, 57, 273

  Hong Lim by-election, 71, 327

  environment, 11–12, 230

  ethnic composition, 68, 281, 282, 316, 428–9, 440

  housing, 15, 115, 139, 183, 184, 264, 265, 310, 334–5, 341, 364

  judiciary, 146, 337, 417 “jungle girl” case, 201, 213

  jury system, 199

  medical issues, 15, 157, 323, 341

  newspapers in, 316, 432–4, 439–41

  postmen’s strike, 35, 36, 44, 269

  Shared Values, 189

  Singapore Airlines, 355, 360–1, 445–6

  Singapore Armed Forces, 90

  Singapore Bus Service, 118, 352

  Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 47, 356, 359

  Singapore Democratic Party, 146, 337

  Singapore Herald, 215, 218, 433

  Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda), 165

  Singapore National Employers Federation, 355–6

  Singapore People’s Party, 146, 337

  Singapore Polytechnic, 114, 347

  Singapore Press Holdings survey on safety, 205

  Singapore Symphony Orchestra, 101

  Singapore workers:

  American view, 356–8

  German view, 357–8

  Japanese view, 357–8

  Singh, Jamit, 53

  Skills Development Fund, 358

  Socialist Front, Malaysia, 297

  South Korea, 108, 122, 134, 147, 151, 174, 177, 206, 332–3, 361, 374–5, 396, 409, 441

  Soviet Union, 149, 151, 353, 373, 390, 426

  Sri Lanka, 113, 361, 439, see Ceylon

  Straits Times, The, 36, 218, 311, 329, 433, 434

  Suchinda, General, 377–8

  Suharto, 242

  Sukarno, 12, 300, 325, 369, 445

  Switzerland, 173, 348, 349

  Taiwan, 108, 134, 147, 177, 206, 332–3, 361, 374–5, 396, 409, 428, 436, 441

  Tan, Augustine, 242

  Tan, C.C., 47, 56

  Tan Chong Kin, 50

  Tan Siew Sin, 75, 78, 308, 309

  Tan Teck Chwee, 103, 237

  Tan, Tony, 243–4, 334

  Tan Wee Keng, 47

  Tan Wee Tiong, 47

  Tanjong Pagar constituency, 25, 35, 36, 263, 335

  Teh Cheang Wan, 239, 336

  Telok Kurau Primary School, 14, 26

  Teo Chee Hean, 173

  Teo Kah Leong, 26

  Thailand, 21, 113, 177, 206, 295, 373–4, 377–8, 397

  Thatcher, Margaret, 332, 372–3

  Thatcher, W.S., 30

  Time, 221, 434, 435, 443

  Toh Chin Chye, 35, 47, 50, 64, 65, 80, 81, 98, 157, 270, 273, 306, 308

  trade unions, 35, 37, 110, 265, 270, 369–70

  infiltration by communists, 43, 50, 271

  Naval Base, 35, 53, 272

  Public-Daily Employees Union Congress, 110

  Singapore Bus Workers’ Union, 46, 47, 49, 53

  Singapore Harbour Board, 35, 53, 335

  Trade Union Congress, 50

  United Democratic Party, Malaya, 79

  United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), 33, 58, 75, 79, 288, 291, 293, 294, 296, 300, 302, 303

  United States:

  American Indians, 175

  Apollo 13, 86, 87, 97

  drug issues, 380–1, 436

  education, 349, 393

  Great Society programmes, 167, 206, 391

  Iraqi dilemma, 383

  media, 16, 206, 211, 217, 219, 425, 438, 442

  Michael Fay sentence, 193, 195

  Newsweek poll on crime in the United States, 205

  political system, 140–1, 147, 372–3, 376, 379, 381, 383, 384–5

  violence in, 207–8, 380

  wage benefits, 359

  Utusan Melayu, 286, 291, 292, 296, 298, 300, 433

  Utusan Zaman, 291, 292

  Vietnam, 108, 167, 174, 177, 207, 233, 244, 279, 301, 332, 336, 353, 390, 396, 423, 425, 426

  Washington Star, 219

  Widdicombe, David, 14, 32, 33, 253

  Wilson, Harold, 79, 107, 307

  Winsemius, Albert, 110, 339–40

  Wong Kan Seng, 334, 392

  Wong Lin Ken, 242

  Wong, Francis, 274

  Wongwan, Narong, 378

  Woodhull, S., 53, 60, 70, 110, 272, 274, 277

  Workers’ Party, 54, 146, 161, 167, 337

  Yeo Cheow Tong, 334

  Yeo, George, 173

  Yeo Ning Hong, 334

  Yong Nyuk Lin, 157

  Yugoslavia, 363, 364

  Zhao Ziyang, 125, 244

  Zia Ul Haq, 131, 148, 378

 

 

 


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