Abstract

In Singapore’s move towards independent nationhood and a new political identity, there was no effort to disconnect from the administrative practices and legal mechanisms introduced and instituted during British colonial rule. This is true for the administration of Hindu and Muslim religious and charitable endowments as well. With the end of colonial rule some pieces of legislation1 were revised, reformulated and even repealed, but it is a puzzle as to why the Mohammedan and Hindu Endowments Ordinance (MHEO) was not scrutinized for a similar fate.

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