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some straits, there is a dominant directional current. Most commonly, the strait is a narrow channel that lies between two land masses. Straits are loci...

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar, backing vocals)...

The Straits Settlements (Malay: Negeri-Negeri Selat) were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as...

The Danish Straits connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea through the Kattegat and Skagerrak. Historically, the Danish Straits were internal waterways...

The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. Established...

The Turkish Straits (Turkish: Türk Boğazları) are two internationally significant waterways in northwestern Turkey. The Straits create a series of international...

the strait include Malacca Sultanate, the Johor Sultanate, the British Straits Settlements, and the city-state of Singapore. The name "Malacca" is traditionally...

Whistling Straits is one of two 36-hole links-style golf courses associated with Destination Kohler, a luxury golf resort owned and operated by the Kohler...

Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 June 1978 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros...

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally...

Look up dire straits in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dire Straits were a British rock band. Dire Straits may also refer to: Dire Straits (album), the...

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 May 1985, by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner...

The FTSE Straits Times Index (abbreviation: STI) is a capitalisation-weighted stock market index that is regarded as the benchmark index for the stock...

The Straits of Tiran (Arabic: مضيق تيران Maḍīq Tīrān) are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba...

Straits consists of six studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, four extended plays, 31 singles and 15 music videos. Dire Straits also...

"Money for Nothing" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, the second track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released...

the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its...

Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records...

The Straits is an Australian television drama series for ABC1 filmed in Cairns, the Torres Strait Islands and other Far North Queensland locations. The...

The War of the Straits (Italian: Guerra degli Stretti) or Third Genoese–Venetian War was a conflict fought between the Republic of Venice and the Republic...

He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout...

sub-groups of Chinese-Peranakan, Straits Chinese or Straits-born Chinese were defined as those born or living in the Straits Settlements: a British colony...

The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Florida) is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland...

"Romeo and Juliet" is a rock song by the British rock band Dire Straits, written by frontman Mark Knopfler. It first appeared on the 1980 album Making...

The Straits of Mackinac (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw; French: Détroit de Mackinac) are the short waterways between the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper and Lower...

Whistling  Straits  Whistling  Straits  The 2010 PGA Championship was the 92nd PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling...

the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a transit passage regime prevails in such straits for both ships and aircraft with few exceptions, even when the territorial...

The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡, Kanmon-kaikyō) or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating Honshu and Kyushu, two of Japan's four main islands...

The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States,...

Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros...

with the Bosporus, the Dardanelles forms the Turkish Straits. One of the world's narrowest straits used for international navigation, the Dardanelles connects...

The Straits Produce was a satirical magazine distributed throughout the Straits Settlements. It sought to illustrate the lives of colonial rulers and...

The Turkish Straits crisis was a Cold War–era territorial conflict between the Soviet Union and Turkey. Turkey had remained officially neutral throughout...

Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting...

to alternate opening and closing of the straits. According to the recent single origin hypothesis, the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb were probably witness to...

The governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867, when the Straits Settlements became a Crown colony...

Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) was formed in 1972 as the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation for the Bering Straits and...

Strait of Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland...

the Straits Settlements between 1826 and 1942, together with Penang and Malacca. Singapore was the capital and the seat of government of the Straits Settlements...

The New Straits Times (NST) is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first)...

Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by...

The Northwest Straits Foundation is the non-profit partner of the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative. It is based in Bellingham, Washington...

Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It spans the Straits of Mackinac, a body of water connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, two...

Straits Estate is a housing estate located in Gornal, West Midlands, and was built for homeowners during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The streets within...

Astrological Straits is the debut full-length solo studio album by American recording artist Zach Hill. It was released on August 12, 2008 by Anticon...

This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait. For "Strait of.." or for "The.. " see the first letter of the word which follows the article...

Straits are waterways that connect two larger bodies of water. It may also refer to: Dire Straits, a band The Straits, a TV series This disambiguation...

an English drummer. He was the original drummer of the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such...

links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, separating Turkey's European and Asian sides. It has an area of 11,350 km2...

"Tunnel of Love" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits. It appears on the 1980 album Making Movies, and subsequently on the live albums Alchemy...

The Straits of Johor (also known as the Tebrau Strait, Johor Strait, Selat Johor, Selat Tebrau, and Tebrau Reach, also spelled Johore Strait) is an international...

Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 24 September 1982 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner...

"Walk of Life" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, the third track on their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released...

Straits View is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area is currently relatively undeveloped, with fewer...

North Klang Straits Bypass, Federal Route 20, AH 141, is the main highway bypass to Port Klang in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Federal Route 20 became the...

and Chua Jim Neo, at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore, then part of the Straits Settlements. Both of Lee's parents were English-educated third-generation...

The Northwest Straits Commission was established by US Congress in 1998 as the Northwest Straits Advisory Commission (referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’)...

Straits Quay Retail Marina is a shopping mall-cum-marina within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Tanjong Pinang, it was opened...

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in June 1977. The group originally comprised the Knopfler brothers Mark (lead vocals, lead guitar)...

the opposite end of the Sea of Marmara are together known as the Turkish Straits. Sections of the shore of the Bosporus in Istanbul have been reinforced...

Straits Sharks (known as Inline Framing Sharks for sponsorship reasons) is a Gibraltarian rugby team. They operate as a franchise rather than a traditional...

semi-official institutions: Straits Exchange Foundation by the ROC side, and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits by the PRC side.  Taiwan...

The Straits Insurance Building, later known as 2 Finlayson Green and then as the Asia Building during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, was a building...

The Straits Trading Company Limited is a Singapore-based corporation with operations in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as various localities in Asia...

from the Past (Japanese: 飢餓海峡, Hepburn: Kiga Kaikyō; lit. 'Straits of Hunger' or 'Hunger Straits') is a 1965 Japanese crime drama film directed by Tomu Uchida...

The Transfer of the Straits Settlements was the official handover of the colonies of Penang, Singapore, and Malacca from the British India Office over...

song by the British rock band Dire Straits, written by the lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits recorded a demo at Pathway Studios...

The New Straits Times Press (initially The [sic] New Straits Times Press Sdn Bhd) was formed by the directors of the Directors of The New Straits Times...

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo...

The Strait of Anián was a semi-mythical strait, documented from around 1560, that was believed by early modern cartographers to mark the boundary between...

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates...

New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) or Grand Sepadu/Shapadu Highway (E30/AH141) (Malay: Lebuhraya Pintas Selat Klang Utara Baru or Lebuhraya Grand...

The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (SSVF) was a military reserve force in the Straits Settlements, while they were under British rule. While the majority...

the Straits (Arabic: waqʿat al-majāz) was fought in early 965 between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate in the Straits of Messina...

Regime of the Straits, often known simply as the Montreux Convention, is an international agreement governing the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits in Turkey...

for trade between the countries of the Korean peninsula and Japan. The straits also served as a migration or an invasion path, in both directions. For...

1949) is an English musician, best known as bassist of the rock band Dire Straits. He has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award...

International Straits Commission was an international agency that, under the auspices of the League of Nations, managed the Turkish Straits (the Dardanelles...

Live at the BBC is a live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 26 June 1995 on Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records...

alongside the capital, George Town. Penang subsequently became part of the Straits Settlements, a British crown colony also comprising Malacca and Singapore...

(December 1966). The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History. Daniel Ellsberg. pp. i–xvii. TAIWAN STRAITS. CIA. 27 August 1958. Nationalists{...

The Straits Forum (simplified Chinese: 海峡论坛; traditional Chinese: 海峽論壇; pinyin: Hǎixiá Lùntán) is an annual forum for exchanges regarding cross-strait...

International Civil Aviation of 1944). Within such straits (article 37 of UNCLOS), including Arctic straits,[citation needed] all ships and aircraft enjoy...

Delimitation Agreement Saint Vincent Passage Ana G. López Martín International Straits: Concept, Classification and Rules of Passage. 218 pages. Publisher: Springer...

"So Far Away" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the opening track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It became the band's...

was the 97th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 on the Straits Course of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin (the course is physically in Haven but...

Rover Defender 110 was driven by Steve Burgess and Dan Evans across the straits on its second attempt following the interruption of the first by bad weather...

Straits State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan located in Moran Township and St. Ignace in Mackinac County on the northern shores of...

The Straits of Corfu or Corfu Channel is the narrow body of water along the coasts of Albania and Greece to the east, separating these two countries from...

The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative or Northwest Straits Initiative (NWSI) was established in the United States under Title IV of Public...

The Malacca Straits Mosque (Malay: Masjid Selat Melaka) is a mosque located on the artificial Malacca Island in Malacca City, Malaysia. Constructed at...

urge release of Amos Yee, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times". The Straits Times. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015...

Straits Steamship Company Limited was a shipping company based in Singapore which principally engaged in transportation of passengers and goods, and operated...

Luzon Strait Panama Canal Suez Canal Taijiang National Park Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone "Geography". Government Information Office. Archived from...

players in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subsequent work with Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler for his...

Northern Straits Salish (also referred to as North Straits Salish) is a language composed of several mutually-intelligible dialects within the Coast Salish...

The Constantinople Agreement (also known as the Straits Agreement) resulted from a secret exchange of diplomatic correspondence between members of the...

Whistling  Straits  Whistling  Straits  The 2004 PGA Championship was the 86th PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at the Straits Course of the Whistling...

some offences from the mandatory death sentence. In a 2005 survey by The Straits Times, 95% of Singaporeans were of the view that their country should retain...

in October 1984. The song was intended to be for Knopfler’s band Dire Straits, but was never fully recorded or released by the band. He ended up giving...

The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF; Chinese: 海峽交流基金會; pinyin: Hǎixiá Jiāoliú Jījīnhuì; often abbreviated as 海基會) is a semiofficial organization set...

currents are usually unidirectional but sometimes are bidirectional. Tidal straits, though they are narrow seaways, are technically not rivers. They are frequently...

of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998 by...

Singapore was previously a British colony, which was originally part of the Straits Settlements. As part of Malaysia, Singapore was the smallest state with...

In the London Straits Convention concluded on 13 July 1841 between the Great Powers of Europe at the time—Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Austria...

one of the Central Powers, capitulate by taking control of the Turkish straits. They intended to expose the Ottoman capital at Constantinople to bombardment...

severe earthquakes in Britain and northern France are rare, the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake appears to have been one of the largest in the recorded history...

1995). "Systematic renewal of top brass vital for SAF: Lt-Gen Ng". The Straits Times. p. 6. ISSN 0585-3923. OCLC 8572659. Retrieved 15 September 2024...

The Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force (SSVAF) was a military reserve force in the Straits Settlements, while they were under British rule, assisting...

Strait, likely due to shallower water and suspended sediment. "Khuran Straits". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 24 July 2021. "Persian Gulf...

The Straits Impregnable is a fictionalised autobiography written and published during the First World War. The author Sydney Loch had served in the First...

Lee Choon Guan (1868 – 27 August 1924) was a Straits Chinese businessman and philanthropist. He was the head of Lee Cheng Yan & Co., a co-founder of the...

incidents in the Turkish Straits is a listing of major maritime casualties that occurred in the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in Turkey. Shipping accidents...

Extendedance Play is a studio 12″ EP by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 14 January 1983 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner...

"Your Latest Trick" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, the fourth track on their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released...

including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits. In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named...

Samish (Xws7ámeshqen, IPA: [xʷsʔ'e.məʃ.qen]) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish dialect continuum spoken by the Indigenous Samish people of the...

taking a different route, tolls were also collected at the two other Danish straits, the Great Belt and the Little Belt; sometimes non-Danish vessels were...

became Baillie Gifford & Co) spotted an opportunity. They established The Straits Mortgage and Trust Company Limited to lend money to the planters, secured...

The Balabac Strait is one of the straits that connects the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea. It separates Balabac Island (Palawan province), Philippines...

estuaries, and straits) and artificial (reservoirs, canals and locks) waterways. See also: List of straits List of estuaries in England List of straits in the...

closed for any extended time during Middle East conflicts (unlike the Straits of Tiran/Bab-el-Mandeb) although Iran has occasionally threatened to close...

The Gulf Trough, also known as the Suwanee Straits, is an ancient geologic feature of Florida present during the Paleogene period. A strong marine current...

officially came into existence in 1946, when the Straits Settlements (Repeal) Act 1946 abolished the Straits Settlements, and made Singapore a Crown colony...

A View of Cape Stephens in Cook's Straits with Waterspout is an oil painting by the British artist William Hodges, from 1776. A seascape, it depicts a...

Shìmào Hǎixiá Dàshà), also known as Shimao Straits Tower, Shimao MO Sky Mansion, and Xiamen Shimao Straits Mansion, is a skyscraper complex in Xiagang...

1995, the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and her battle group passed through the straits. Between January and February 1996, the PRC concentrated 100,000 troops...

2015 site, the Straits Course at Whistling Straits, played to par 72. (Bellerive played to par 71 when it hosted in 1992, and the Straits Course also played...

were British protectorates with their own local rulers, as well as the Straits Settlements, which were under the sovereignty and direct rule of the British...

planning areas of Straits View and a portion of the Downtown Core. Marina South is bordered by Marina East to the north and northeast, Straits View to the southwest...

Channel i News (formerly TVWorks News and Straits Times TV News) was a Singaporean daily evening news bulletin broadcast on Channel i from its inception...

Sooke /ˈsuːk/ and previously Soke /ˈsoʊk/, is the dialect of the North Straits Salish language spoken by the T'Sou-ke people of Vancouver Island in British...

Money for Nothing is a greatest hits album by British rock band Dire Straits released on 17 October 1988, featuring highlights from the band's first five...

The Yucatán Channel (Spanish: Canal de Yucatán) or the Straits of Yucatán is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean...

is the variety of North Straits Salish spoken by the Saanich people in the Pacific Northwest of North America. North Straits Salish is a dialect continuum...

Florida Straits is a 1986 made-for-television adventure film that originally aired on HBO. It stars Fred Ward, Raul Julia, Daniel Jenkins and Antonio...

"Love over Gold" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits. It is the fourth track and title track from the band's 1982 album. A shorter live version...

The Strait of Messina is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily (Punta del Faro) and the western tip of Calabria (Punta Pezzo) in Southern Italy...

The Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements was the first modern legislature in the Straits Settlements, which today forms the Republic of Singapore...

30 miles (48 km) to 9 miles (14 km). Japanese cruiser Ashigara List of straits Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer de (1958). "The Birds of the Island of Bangka...

Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway across the Straits of Johor. The Causeway links Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Woodlands in Singapore...

awareness". The Straits Times. 24 April 1982. "The sweetest of them all". The Straits Times. 24 April 1982. "The Straits Times says..." The Straits Times. 24...

Singapura The Straits Times". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020. "Television Singapura to mark Solidarity Day". The Straits Times. 31 August...

The Straits of Messina is a 1989 non-fiction collection of essays, in which author and critic Samuel R. Delany discusses his own novels. The essays are...

Solminihac Onraet (6 April 1887 – 8 May 1952) was the Inspector-General of the Straits Settlements Police. Onraet was born in Darjeeling, India on 6 April 1887...

Harian Metro is a Malaysian daily tabloid newspaper published by the New Straits Times Press, covering entertainment, lifestyle, and current affairs. On...

guitarist and film score composer best known for his time as a member of Dire Straits from 1980 until late 1984. Lindes was born in Monterey, California, went...

The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits was an expedition organized by Alfred Cort Haddon in 1898-1899 to Torres Strait Island, New...

The mangroves of the Straits of Malacca are found along the coast of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and northern Sumatra. These tropical mangrove forests...

G.P; Manca, B; Theocharis, A; Tintoré, J (August 1999). "The role of straits and channels in understanding the characteristics of Mediterranean circulation"...

"Great Turtle". It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The island...

due to the rough topography in the Lifamatola, Manipa, Ombai, and Lombok Straits, and the Sibutu Island chains. The Lombok Strait is a strong tidal mixing...

governing transit passage through the Danish Straits. It abolished the Sound Dues and all Danish Straits have been made international waterways free to...

Island in the south. The harbour is sometimes referred to as the Adams Straits. Carnley Harbour is the flooded caldera of an extinct and eroded shield...

Mark Knopfler, not including his work with Dire Straits. Knopfler began recording apart from Dire Straits in 1983, when he released his first soundtrack...

Makassar Strait (Indonesian: Selat Makassar) is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea...

end of the First Arab–Israeli War. In 1956, regional tensions over the Straits of Tiran (giving access to Eilat, a port on Israel's southeastern tip)...

- BY PARKINSON. Reuters." The Straits Times [Singapore] 3 Mar. 1962: 1. Print "STOP-GO ECONOMY BY PARKINSON. The Straits Times [Singapore] 19 Mar. 1962:...

el-Sheikh, overlooking the Straits of Tiran. Israel reiterated declarations made in 1957 that any closure of the Straits would be considered an act of...

13 July 1955) is an English jazz/rock saxophonist who toured with Dire Straits from 1985 to 1995, and who has played with many bands and artists, including...

list of spans, either used for overhead line crossings of rivers, sea straits or valleys, as antenna or for aerial tramways. At these spans the sag of...

1945) was an English barrister who was the fourth Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements and the founder of the Singaporean law firm Drew and Napier...

substantial levels of turbulence have been compared to that observed in the Straits of Gibraltar and Seymour Narrows in British Columbia. Cook Strait is an...

against the intricate passage between Australia and New Guinea, 'Torres Straits.'" (page 14). Britain held Manila#Spanish period briefly from 1762 to 1764...

Israel invaded on 29 October, with the primary objective of re-opening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as the recent tightening of the eight-year-long...

Sea, and on the south by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel. The continent of Europe is 21 miles across the straits. The major geographical features...

Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran was restricted by Egypt, in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, for much of the time between the...

Singapore Weekly Herald Straits Advocate Straits Budget Straits Echo Straits Guardian Straits Intelligence (1883–1886) Straits Mail Straits Maritime Journal...

in a victory for the outnumbered Greeks. The battle was fought in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens...

a Detention unit. The facility opened in 1989. On August 9, 2009, the Straits Correctional Facility was closed and consolidated into the Chippewa Correctional...

sixth in a list of Singapore's 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century by The Straits Times in 1999. His children, most notably Ikhsan, Ilhan, Iryan, and Irfan...

as the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JSBRAS) and published at six-monthly intervals by the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic...

through the Bosporus and Dardanelles (known collectively as the Turkish Straits) is out of the Black Sea, water generally flows in both directions simultaneously:...

He has also worked with the Rolling Stones, Alan Parsons Project, Dire Straits, Roger Waters and Chris Squire. He has played in a wide variety of contexts...

body responsible for the well-being of ethnic Chinese residents of the Straits Settlements during that territory's British colonial period. Protectorates...

Northwest Arctic Borough; and sixteen villages affiliated with the Bering Straits Regional Corporation. They often claim to be the first people of the Kauwerak...

Britannica. 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2024. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Palk Straits" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press...

Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca is a UNESCO World Heritage listing comprising the historic urban centres of two cities...

List of channels, straits and passages in Hong Kong List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong List of places in Hong Kong List of buildings and structures...

market capitalisation. It is a component stock of MSCI Singapore, FTSE Straits Times Index and Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific Index. The company...

director, screenwriter and producer. He was a former film critic for The Straits Times. Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary...

and Raffles Institution, dropping out to work at The Straits Times in 1930. He left The Straits Times to join the United Press Associations in 1941, working...

The Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve is a 148-square-mile (380 km2) state preserve in and around the Straits of Mackinac. The preserve is divided...

Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone or West Coast Economic Zone (simplified Chinese: 海峡西岸经济区; traditional Chinese: 海峽西岸經濟區; pinyin: Hǎixiá Xī'àn Jīngjì...

1978 Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits". Following...

The 1382 Dover Straits earthquake occurred at 15:00 on 21 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.0 Ms and a maximum felt intensity of VII–VIII on the...

Lumut Port (Malay: Pelabuhan Lumut) is located off the Straits of Malacca, on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, in Perak. Lumut Port known as Lumut...

"Money for Nothing" is a 1985 song by British rock band Dire Straits. Money for Nothing may also refer to: Money for Nothing (novel), a 1928 novel by...

Corner-Straits chain of lakes is a 477 acres (1.93 km2) chain of lakes that is located at the tri-county corner of Delta County, Michigan, Alger and Schoolcraft...

by Mark Knopfler and first released by Dire Straits as the first song on their debut album, Dire Straits. It was also included on the demo tape that the...

large pass or the wide pass, is the western section of the Bab-el-Mandeb straits, which separates Ras Menheli, Yemen, on the Arabian Peninsula from Ras...

Melastoma affine, also known by the common names blue tongue, straits rhododendron or native lassiandra, is a shrub of the family Melastomataceae. Distributed...

On the Night is the second live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 May 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner...

for its location in the Estrecho neighbourhood, which is named for the Straits of Gibraltar (Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar). Moya, Aurora. Metro de Madrid...

Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-65179-1. Bruce A. Elleman (16 December 2014). Taiwan Straits: Crisis in Asia and the Role of the U.S. Navy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers...

zone of Indonesia Exclusive economic zone of India Local context Sunda Straits Crisis Java Head Kra Canal Lombok Strait Makassar Strait Malaccamax List...

Singapore. The river starts near Canberra Link and discharges into the Straits of Johor. Sungei Simpang Kiri is a river located in eastern part of Sembawang...

colonial secretary of the Straits Settlements before 1946, was a high ranking government official position in the Straits Settlements before 1946 and...

original text related to this article: Straits Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement of 1927 The Straits Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters...

"Telegraph Road" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by Mark Knopfler. It is the opening track on the 1982 album Love over Gold. The...

The Straits Settlements cricket team was the team that represented the Straits Settlements in international cricket matches between 1890 and 1940. Between...

and marketing executive, best known as "the other guitarist" in Dire Straits during the band's Brothers in Arms era. John Thomas Sonni was born on December...

The Straits Settlements of the Malayan Peninsula have a postal history distinct from the other Malayan areas. Mail was originally handled privately by...

Loon Straits is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 16 in...

the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang...

meeting between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF). Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators...

The Straits – White Bay North is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The district...

ancient Sasanian Empire, located in present-day southern Iran near the Straits of Hormuz. The Historical Bath of Siba structures and ruins are located...

Singapore. They were the political leaders of Singapore as part of the Straits Settlements and as a Crown colony prior to its attainment of full internal...

its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide and deep Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its eastern counterpart;...

The Straits Times. 12 September 1972. "Condemned man loses appeal". The Straits Times. 3 April 1973. "Mimi and husband go to the gallows". The Straits Times...

August 1959) was a British colonial administrator in British Malaya and the Straits Settlements. He was the eldest son of Sir William Edward Maxwell and Lilias...

 36. The Straits Times 1973d, p. 10. The Straits Times 1973b, p. 5. The Straits Times 1973c, p. 19. New Straits Times 1997b, p. 2. New Straits Times 1985a...

The Straits Chinese Magazine: A Quarterly Journal of Orential and Occidental Culture was a magazine published by Koh Yew Hean Press. Founded by prominent...

country's main Sea Lines of Communications (SLOC) such as the Straits of Malacca and the Straits of Singapore and also monitors national interests in areas...

between Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) chairman Wang Daohan and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman Koo Chen-fu. In...

This is the list of straits located in Estonia. The list is incomplete. List of straits...

islands, the American Mediterranean Sea contains the following straits: the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage (Paso de los Vientos), the Mona Passage...

Singapore Strait limits the maximum draft of vessels going through the Straits of Malacca, and the Malaccamax ship class. The 9th century AD Muslim author...

Edmunds / Rockpile and Man. Rockpile split in 1981 and Williams joined Dire Straits from 1982 until 1988. Williams was born in Swansea. During the 1960s, he...

Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements. He was the British Resident of Selangor and Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements. Jones entered the...

numerous artists. He is best known for his work with Eric Clapton and Dire Straits. Palmer grew up in north London. Ray and Dave Davies of The Kinks are his...

Retrieved September 22, 2008. "Jason Day wins US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits". BBC Sport. August 17, 2015. Archived from the original on August 17,...

Scottish Gaelic: Caolas Chrombaidh [ˈkʰɯːlˠ̪əs̪ ˈxɾɔumbaj]; literally "kyles [straits] of Cromarty") is an arm of the Moray Firth in Scotland. The entrance to...

Ibbetson (4 May 1789 – 4 November 1880) was a colonial governor of the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore from 1832 to 1834. Born on...

Cheok Siang (Chinese: 林倬生; pinyin: Lín Zhuōshēng), born 1944, Penang, Straits Settlement (now part of Malaysia), is an ethnic-Chinese Malaysian architect...

029291; 121.548255 The Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Straits (ATETS; Chinese: 海峽兩岸旅遊交流協會) is a semi-official representative office of...

title track from the album of the same name by English rock band Dire Straits. No promotional video was made for the song. Its B-side is a track from...

dictionary. STII may refer to: Straits Times Industrial Index (STII), a former Singapore stock index, replaced by the Straits Times Index Science and Technology...

Huang Yiliang convicted of assaulting worker with metal scraper". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 January 2021. "Huang Yiliang and Chantalle Ng in war...

musician who was the first keyboardist and co-producer of the rock band Dire Straits. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a significant...

1920) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements in the 19th century. Ford was born in Sandgate, Kent, the son...

Australian Navy, attempted to force a passage through the Dardanelles Straits, a narrow, 41-mile-long (66 km) waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea...

Straits Times. Retrieved 22 April 2021. Cheong, Danson (11 February 2015). "Public Warning System sirens to broadcast message on Sunday | The Straits...

formation of the EBRC in January 2025, political observers interviewed by The Straits Times (ST) speculated that the election could be held as early as April...

of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. It is highly compact and urbanised...

The Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouths) are the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea. There are four Bocas, from west...

and film score composer Hal Lindes. He is best known as a member of Dire Straits from 1980 until late 1984 and also for his collaborations with musicians...

United States. Nathan was born in Singapore when it was a part of the Straits Settlements. He faced financial difficulties during his childhood, particularly...

that both sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to the one and same China and dedicating their efforts to closer cross-Straits relations; the other is play...

eggs. The dish was believed to be created by Hainanese immigrants to the Straits Settlements in the 19th century while serving on British ships at the Port...

when the charges were dropped after a campaign by the Straits Echo, the Straits Times and the Straits Budget. Little was appointed a Judge of the High Court...

and had been governed as part of the Straits Settlements since 1826. The colony was created when the Straits Settlements was dissolved shortly after...

colonial administrator who was Auditor of the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements from 1936 to 1941. Corney was born on 27 March 1886, the youngest...

"Brothers in Arms" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, the closing track on their fifth studio album of the same name, released in May 1985....

Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum (Malay: Muzium Perhiasan Cina Selat; simplified Chinese: 海峡华人珠宝博物馆; traditional Chinese: 海峽華人珠寶博物館; pinyin: Hǎixiá huárén...

Release is David Knopfler's first solo album after leaving Dire Straits. It was released in 1983 on the Peach River and Passport labels, and in 1997 on...

of the police commissioner was expanded to include that of the entire Straits Settlements, with the title changed to Inspector-General of Police. This...

August 1907 in government housing in Singapore, when it was a part of the Straits Settlements, to Edwin Henry and Lilian Jane Sheares (née Gomez). Sheares's...

sank in the Straits of Mackinac on April 20, 1909, with the loss of five lives. The sunken cargo ship is a feature of the present-day Straits of Mackinac...

250 km (160 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide. Other names are Cumberland Straits, Hogarth Sound, and Northumberland Inlet. Small islands litter the stretch...

Fuego and at the east end of the Beagle Channel. The Beagle Channel, the Straits of Magellan and the Drake Passage are the only three waterways between...

bounded by the Skagerrak in the north, Jutland in the west, the Danish Straits and Sjaelland in the south and the Swedish provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland...

was a Royal Engineers officer and architect noted for his works in the Straits Settlements. He was the oldest practising architect in the colony at the...

(90 m), open-water Straits of Mackinac. Huron and Michigan are hydrologically a single lake because the flow of water through the straits keeps their water...

overcome Covid-19 crisis". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020. Straits Times (30 June 2020). "Singapore...

song written by Mark Knopfler and performed by British rock band Dire Straits. It first appeared on the final studio album by the band, On Every Street...

British colonial administrator, best remembered as the Governor of the Straits Settlements at the time of the Japanese invasion during the Second World...

1898 The Recordings of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits were added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds...

of Independence. Hostilities with Britain over the neutral zone of the Straits were narrowly avoided in the Chanak Crisis of September 1922, when the...

District, Johor, Malaysia. This island is located between Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Langsat along the Straits of Johor. Geography of Malaysia v t e v t e...

Cup Matches were held from September 24–26, 2021, on the Straits course at Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin, US. Europe was the holder of the Ryder...

1941) was an Irish surgeon who served as Chief Medical Officer of the Straits Settlements during the 1920s. Albert Lancelot Hoops was born on 6 June...

after defeating the combined British, Indian, Australian, Malayan and the Straits Settlements garrison in the Battle of Singapore within seven days. The...

September 1963). "Hail Malaysia!". The Straits Times. p. 1. "PAP Landslide: Barisan is Hammered". The Straits Times. 22 September 1963. p. 1. Sim 2025...

Soul is the first solo album by John Illsley, a founding member of Dire Straits. All tracks composed by John Illsley "Boy with Chinese Eyes" "The Night...

It is located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. The Singapore Strait lies to the south...

to supply chains being disrupted due to COVID-19. On 9 March 2020, the Straits Times Index fell 6.03% owing to the impact of COVID-19, made worse by the...

The Straits Steamship Company was a shipping firm that operated steamships on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The company was formed on July...

1973 – 1 November 2012) was a Singaporean journalist who worked for The Straits Times. Chong graduated from the National University of Singapore with a...

RAS when in London. The society was founded in Singapore in 1877 as the Straits Asiatic Society by a small group of expatriates led by Archdeacon (later...

Archived 2008-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Kyodo News, "Japan left key straits open for U.S. nukes", Japan Times, June 22, 2009. Eliza Adams, of Fairhaven...

1931) was a Colonial Surgeon in Singapore and Penang and a founder of the Straits Medical Association. Mugliston was born on 28 February 1854. He served...

PM, special flag for S'pore". The Straits Times. p. 18. "Hsien Loong: Election soon". (8 November 2005). New Straits Times, p. 31. PM Lee:Your vibrant...

February 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2013. New Straits Times Staff (10 January 2003). "Will this be you?". New Straits Times. AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved 31 May...

and pop music of the late 1980s, featuring parodies of songs by Dire Straits, Tone Lōc, Fine Young Cannibals, and R.E.M. The album also features many...

of Borneo. It also includes maritime boundaries along the length of the Straits of Malacca, in the South China Sea and in the Celebes Sea. The land boundary...

leader of the opposition in post-independence Singapore. Singh won the Straits Steamship Prize in 1999 for being the top undergraduate student in history...

a Singaporean lawyer, a member of both the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements and the Municipal Commission of Singapore, and the president...

The RHB-The Straits Times Spelling Championship, informally known as the Big Spell, is a spelling bee held annually in Singapore open to Primary 4, 5...

STOMP (formerly Straits Times Online Mobile Print) is a Singapore-based citizen journalism and breaking news website managed by SPH Media. Launched in...

a Canadian author of spy novels, most notably The Red Fox and Formosa Straits. Hyde was born in Ottawa, in 1946, and is the son of the artist and film-maker...

Hooi-Hye (March 15, 1901 - July 26, 1936) was a tennis player from Penang (Straits Settlements, now part of Malaysia) in the 1920s and early 1930s. Khoo was...

Singapore". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 1 March 1950. Retrieved 8 October 2019. "New post code to subdivide districts". The Straits Times (retrieved...

is an expressway bridge across Lumut Straits in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the second longest straits bridge in the Klang Valley after Selat...

Chiang was Vice President of the Legislative Yuan. He was Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 2008 to 2012. Chiang was born in Nantō District...

water balance is mostly determined by the inflow and outflow through the straits connecting it to the neighboring seas and the Pacific Ocean. Few rivers...

trio. The set list included the only known live performances of two Dire Straits songs : "Ticket To Heaven" and "How Long". The Notting Hillbillies had...

connected by the five-mile-wide (8.0 km), 20-fathom-deep (120 ft; 37 m) Straits of Mackinac. Combined, Lake Michigan–Huron is the largest freshwater lake...

Straits Times. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2024 – via NewspaperSG. Britton, David (18 September 1992). "Alternative view on Chin's play". The Straits Times...

Dire Straits for their 1982–1983 Love over Gold Tour[citation needed] and featured on the band's 1984 double live album, Alchemy: Dire Straits Live....

Utusan up again. Utusan also occasionally borrowed vans from The Straits Times, with Straits Times assisting them further by sending their engineers over...

colonial administrator. He was a cadet of Straits Settlement in 1876 and retired as the Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements in 1906. Penney graduated...

ISBN 1-55750-352-4. Halpern, Paul G. (2004). The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in WWI. Indiana University Press...

trading centres. Penang was too far north of the southern narrow part of Straits of Malacca controlled by the Dutch, whereas Bencoolen faced the Indian...

during the Straits Settlements era. It was second only to the governor of the Straits Settlements in the colonial government. "Untitled". The Straits Times...

Sultan of Johor, located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The palace faces the Straits of Johor and has a bird's eye view of Singapore, a former possession of...

England, is best known from his time in Singapore as first editor of The Straits Times, and subsequently as a lawyer. Born in Burgh in England, Woods first...

was a British colonial official who served as colonial secretary of the Straits Settlements and governor of the Gold Coast, then a British colony. Born...

Englishman who served as the first Commissioner of Police in Singapore, Straits Settlements from 1856 to 1871. Born in the United Kingdom in 1814, Dunman...

Kyushu. The station name is derived from its position next to the Kanmon Straits and that it's within Mekari Park (和布刈公園). Only a single four-car passenger...

for were Paul McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt album in 1989, and Dire Straits' final world tour from 1991–1992 to accompany their last studio album,...

for the Straits Settlements, which power was assumed by the Governor General of Bengal. He issued four such regulations applicable to the Straits Settlements...

The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021. "Jewel Changi Airport to open on April 17". The Straits Times...

Executive Council, a form of government in Fiji. Straits Settlements: Executive Council of the Straits Settlements (1867–1946) Singapore: Executive Council...

November 1895) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements. Born in 1817 the second son of John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton...

Second Boer War, and later was General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements. Jones was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1866. He served...

1951) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He was the Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) from 12 July 2007 to 19 May 2008. After graduating...

GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 June 2025. "Changes to MAS board of directors: Lawrence Wong steps down, Ong Ye Kung appointed". The Straits Times....

Straits Sports Centre Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Quanzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 34,000...

not scared of playing spooked new mum in horror film Confinement | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023...

Stewart, both individuals were the first two to be selected to work in the Straits Settlements Civil Service, and Tan was appointed to work as an assistant...

world champs". The Straits Times. Retrieved 31 December 2021. "S'pore shuttler Loh Kean Yew, 17, serves notice of intent". The Straits Times. Retrieved...

(UTC+08:00). Singapore does not observe daylight saving time. As part of the Straits Settlements, Singapore originally adopted the Malayan Time, which was GMT+07:30...

listenership | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2021-12-15. Loshini Catherine John (14 October 2005). "Radio gaga". New Straits Times. Retrieved...

The Straits Times. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018. "Istana may host Trump-Kim summit: Report". The Straits Times...

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Menai Straits". Menai Heritage a community project celebrating the two bridges along...

lasted until 1946. In that year, these states joined with two of the former Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang, excluding Singapore) and the Unfederated...

surrounded by the South China Sea to the east, the Straits of Johor to the south and the Straits of Malacca to the west. The southernmost point of mainland...

Tan Kim Seng JP (18 November 1805 – 14 March 1864), was a prominent Straits-born Chinese merchant and philanthropist in Singapore in the 19th century...

located on the west shore of Round Island in the shipping lanes of the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It was deemed...

meeting between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) leaders in Taiwan. The meeting lasted...

The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017. "Shanmugam: Gap in CBT law to be plugged soon". The Straits Times...

coach". The Straits Times. p. 37. Tay; et al. (31 March 1994). "Worden throws in towel". The Straits Times. p. 31. "The CEO". The Straits Times. 6 May...

November 1856) was the governor of the Straits Settlements from August 1843 to 21 March 1855. In 1851, when the Straits Settlements were transferred from the...

Cup win". New Straits Times. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2019. "Win or lose, Sunday declared holiday in Terengganu". New Straits Times. 24 October...

British music manager and drummer, best known for managing rock band Dire Straits, as well as Mark Knopfler, Gerry Rafferty, Bryan Ferry, Scott Walker and...

include Lee Seng Tee and the late Ng Eng Teng. Other donations include the Straits Chinese materials received from Ms Agnes Tan. They consist of furniture...

career in Federated Malay States (FMS) and Straits Settlements (SS). He retired as the Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements in 1940. Small came to Malaya...

Malaya;[1] Jawi: كساتوان مالايا) was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya...

other planning areas, the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South and Straits View. The area surrounding the bay itself, also called Marina Bay, is a...

was the currency of Terengganu until 1909 when it was replaced by the Straits dollar. It was subdivided into 10 pitis. Coins were issued in denominations...

baby". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 February 2020. "South Korea reports 229 more coronavirus cases, bringing total to 433". The Straits Times. 22 February...

The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 15 January 1976. Raman, P. M. (17 January 1976). "Tun's Last Journey Through The City". The Straits Times...

Straits Air Freight Express (SAFE) was a cargo airline, established in 1950, named for its Cook Strait focus and connecting the North Island and South...

1999). "LRT all set to roll". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 31. "Light rail now more reliable, House told". The Straits Times. Singapore. 13 January 2001...

Ng says she was badly beaten when she was 11 by dad Huang Yiliang". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September...

Corner Lake, Deep Lake, and Straits Lake. Other nearby lakes include Hugaboom Lake, Blue Lake, Ironjaw Lake, the Corner-Straits Chain of lakes, Toms Lake...

Enbridge Lakehead System and passes under the environmentally-sensitive Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. The 30-inch pipeline...

This overflow followed by further scouring became recognisably the Short Straits (an alternative name for this strait) about 425,000 years ago. A narrow...

Bagnall (23 May 1888 – 1954) was Chairman and Managing Director of the Straits Trading Company Limited (1923–1947), which was one of the largest tin smelting...

The Straits Times. 23 October 1994. "I was tortured by police, Mona tells court". The Straits Times. 17 November 1994. "BOMOH TRIAL". The Straits Times...

Malaysia first issued revenue stamps as the Straits Settlements in 1863, and continues to do so to this day. Over the years, a number of entities in modern...

Braga was born on 10 June 1900 in Singapore, when it was a part of the Straits Settlements, to Joseph Vicente Braga and Bertha Minna Braga (née Asmus);...

programmes produced by the government. Fleet group, the publisher of the New Straits Times, was chosen due to its "capacity, capability and expertise". The...

"Private Investigations" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits from their album Love over Gold. It reached number 2 in the United Kingdom and...

Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), People's Republic of China and the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Republic of...

Jurong Region Line and East–West Line, respectively. In February 2022, The Straits Times projected that civil works for Phase 3 might be completed by the...

Retrieved 15 September 2024. "Navy chief heads list of SAF promotions". The Straits Times. 28 June 1997. p. 1. ISSN 0585-3923. OCLC 8572659. Retrieved 15 September...

Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements and as a judge in Malaya. His final appointment was as Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements but he died...

April 1819 in Berwickshire, Scotland, died 20 October 1869 in Penang, Straits Settlements) was a lawyer who popularised the name Indonesia after it was...

"Commercially operated ship arrives to support training of RSN NSmen". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2025-10-20. "MV Swift Rescue Submarine Support and Rescue...

"From Tanglin Club To Changi Prison". The Straits Times. 21 May 1953. p. 6. "The Defeat Of John Eber". The Straits Times. 16 February 1956. p. 8. Brownell...

earthquake since the 2002 Dudley earthquake and the strongest in the Dover Straits since a magnitude 4.4 earthquake in 1950. The strongest recorded British...

Born in 1921, Boudewyn studied at St. Joseph's Institution and joined the Straits Settlements Police Force in September 1939 after his graduation. He was...

President Wee". The Straits Times. 7 December 1991. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "Sheares in a coma". The Straits Times. 11 May 1981...

serving in that role for 18 years. Chua was born on 28 January 1926 in the Straits Settlements (present-day Chinatown, Singapore). His father was a stevedore...

time, the Straits Settlements administered the island; Singapore then assumed responsibility in 1946 after the dissolution of the Straits Settlements...

Marine in the 1970s and 1980s. It is named after the Varne Bank in the Straits of Dover. The most notable model produced was the Varne 27, designed by...

joined the Straits Settlements Civil Service in 1872 and was the acting Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements. Charles joined the Straits Settlements...

The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS; Chinese: 海峡两岸关系协会; pinyin: Hǎixiá Liǎng'àn Guānxì Xiéhuì; often abbreviated as 海协会; Hǎixiéhuì)...

being ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah in 1786, and had been part of the Straits Settlements from 1826 to 1946. Together with Singapore, it became a Crown...

train arrives in Singapore; has wider doors, smaller carriages: LTA". The Straits Times. 25 September 2025. Archived from the original on 2 October 2025...

at Caldecott Hill in Singapore. The corporation was taken over by the Straits Settlements Government in 1940, subsequently nationalised and reorganised...

place for royal dignitaries and distinguished guests. The Governor of the Straits Settlements had always been ex-officio the High Commissioner for the Federated...

Catchment, Changi Bay, Marina East, Marina South, Simpang, and Straits View. Straits View is the smallest-sized planning area at 0.77 square kilometres...

During the Pleistocene glacial cycles, the Korea Strait and the Bering Straits, and the Yellow Sea were often narrowed and the Japanese islands may at...

"New home for AFC". The Straits Times. 18 May 2000. p. 84. Retrieved 3 June 2026. "All-Asia football association". The Straits Times. 8 May 1954. Archived...

It is located in the northern part of the province, on the coast of the Straits of Florida, north of Consolación del Sur and north-east of Viñales. The...

sailor who served as the Commander of the Native Auxiliary Force of the Straits Settlements Police Force, which gained a reputation for fearlessness and...

the Ang Mo Kio Forest Reserve with many plantation estates. In 1934, The Straits Times stated that the mukim of Ang Mo Kio referred to the area between...

Straits Times. 26 August 2015. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 17 July 2025. "GE2015: PAP wins Marine Parade GRC with 64.1 per cent of votes". The Straits Times...

KPM (1853 — 5 August 1936) was the Inspector-General of Police in the Straits Settlements Police Force. He was also capped once for the Ireland national...

Fears, Bryan Adams, Paul Young, Huey Lewis and the News, John Parr, Dire Straits, Ready for the World, a-ha, Whitney Houston, Jan Hammer, Starship, Marilyn...

Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2021 – via NewspaperSG. "Land to Be Set Aside for Punggol Extension". The Straits Times...

classics". New Straits Times. Retrieved 25 December 2020. Azlan Abu Bakar (7 August 2010). "New portal to boost Media Prima revenue". New Straits Times. Retrieved...

John Buttery (1830 – 29 November 1912) was a merchant operating in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore. He was, at the time of his...

the Regime of the Straits, an international agreement governing the passage of ships through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits Montreux Document,...

British colonial administrative service officer who served in Singapore, Straits Settlements. Bartley was born on 3 January 1885 in Belfast, Northern Ireland...

Singapore". The Straits Times. 24 October 1954. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017. "The PAP bosses". The Straits Times. 12...

AND SKILLS". The Straits Times. 4 October 1973. p. 8. Retrieved 22 July 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "Bid to end glass strike". The Straits Times. 6 August...

The Straits Times. The Straits Times. Heng, Melissa (14 February 2020). "Expansion of Istana Park part of plans to refresh Orchard Road". The Straits Times...

train arrives in Singapore; has wider doors, smaller carriages: LTA". The Straits Times. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025. "Alstom to convert...

Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Chic, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate Bush, George Benson, Miles Davis, Daft Punk...

to form core of PM Wong's Cabinet". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 January 2026. "Thanks, Mum". The Straits Times. 8 March 1988. Archived from the original...

the stretch of water between the mainland and Van Diemen's Land "Bass's Straits". In 1798 it became known as Bass Strait. The existence of the strait had...

The Straits Settlements were originally an outlier of the British East India Company. The Spanish dollar had already taken hold in the Straits Settlements...

Singapore Changi Airport "Jewel Changi Airport to open on April 17". The Straits Times. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved...

Penang and Malacca to form the Straits Settlements, administered by the British East India Company. In 1830, the Straits Settlements became a residency...

the Straits Settlements cricket team to form the Malaya cricket team. Indeed, of their 37 recorded matches, only one was not against the Straits Settlements...

the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang...

Tempest, Rone (24 March 1996). "Defiant Taiwan Puts Beijing in Difficult Straits". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved...

Paper. "Hasnim get set to dazzle". Straits Times. "Midfield maestro Hasnim". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. "Hasin Haron - Straits Times article". "Hasnim Haron -...

the owner of the New Straits Times Press, Malaysia's largest newspaper publisher with three national news brands – the New Straits Times, Berita Harian...

Chángwén; born 1944) is a Taiwanese legal scholar who was the secretary of the Straits Exchange Foundation and the president of the Red Cross Society of the Republic...

Taylor is a Canadian politician. He formerly represented the riding of The Straits - White Bay North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He...

The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (Japanese: 下関海戦, romanized: Shimonoseki Kaisen) was a naval engagement fought on July 16, 1863, by the United States...

million bid". New Straits Times. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024. "10 things to know about the Sultan of Johor". The Straits Times. 20 March...

putting up a solid performance in the Thai side's defence. According to The Straits Times, a Jeonbuk agent had asked for Irfan's number a day after the match...

between the South China Sea and the Java Sea (other straits include the Bangka and Gaspar straits), but its numerous islands and reefs reduce its navigability...

Pandan Selat Pauh Selat Pawai Selat Pesek Selat Pulau Damar Selat Johor (Straits of Johor) Selat Jurong Selat Sakra Selat Salu Selat Samulun Selat Sengkir...

of Scotland" by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). The Straits of Moyle (Sruth na Maoile in Irish and Scottish Gaelic) or Sea of Moyle...

(Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓)[citation needed] Nooksack (Lhéchelesem) † Northern Straits (also known as North Straits) Saanich (SENĆOŦEN)[citation needed] T'Souke Lekwungen (also...

"Twisting by the Pool" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits that appears on ExtendedancEPlay. It was released as a single in 1983, peaking at No...

starts telecast". The Straits Times. 2 March 1999. Retrieved 1 October 2023 – via NewspaperSG. "TCS means business". The Straits Times. 5 June 1998. Retrieved...

blue for reunion". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 22 September 2023. "New MAS chief is top-notch economist". Straits Times – via Factiva....

The Mindoro Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Mindoro) is one of the straits connecting the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea in the Philippines. It separates...

Lumut Bridge, also known natively as Jambatan Selat Lumut, is the longest straits bridge in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects mainland Port Klang...

Commissioner to the Federated Malay States: Sir John Anderson Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir John Anderson Penang : Residents-Councillor: William Peel...

response to its blockade of Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran and the nationalisation of the canal; the Egyptians had been contesting...

on Facebook and Twitter to voice their disappointment. In response, The Straits Times reported that there was the use of #halimahismypresident by an "equally...

aircraft-carrying cruiser", which permits the ships to transit the Turkish Straits without violating the Montreux Convention. Due to the dissolution of the...

January 1900) was a merchant and a member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements and the Municipal Commission of Singapore. Shelford was born...

March 1934) was a British Army officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements and served as the first Commissioner of British Weihaiwei....

hospital after accident involving 2 lorries, tipper truck on AYE". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2025-03-31. "Chong Cheong Foundry Works". Chong Cheong...

municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Rio Jaruco, on the Straits of Florida. An extensive oil field was developed west of the village; hundreds...

Momota". New Straits Times. Retrieved 9 December 2019. Boopathy, K. M. (11 November 2019). "Malaysia sweating on Zii Jia's health". New Straits Times. Retrieved...

of immigrants from various parts of Asia. It became the capital of the Straits Settlements in 1826, only to lose its administrative status to Singapore...

Dhoraisingham & Samuel 2003, p. 1-2. "When lepers roamed Singapore streets". The Straits Times. 5 May 1956. Retrieved 6 August 2021. Brazil China 1992, p. 51. Dhoraisingham...

"Marina Line Gets Go-Ahead". The Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2026. "Consultants for Marina Line". The Straits Times. 24 June 1998. p. 26. Retrieved...

firms". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 July 1972. Mai Yun, Wong (17 December 1981). "Foolish to build MRT now: Tony Tan". The Straits Times. Singapore...

curve-shaped design and height would disrupt the city skyline along the Johor Straits. He also questioned the need for both countries to engage separate contractors...

whilst the Pegasus with William Edward Maxwell, Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements, on board provided assistance to the men by sending food, parcels...

the Luzon Strait, the Sulu Sea via the straits around Palawan, the Java Sea via the Karimata and Bangka Straits, and directly with the Gulf of Thailand...

30km 19miles     Saint Lucia Channel Ana G. López Martín International Straits: Concept, Classification and Rules of Passage. 218 pages. Publisher: Springer...

Behind the Lines is David Knopfler's second solo album after leaving Dire Straits. It was released in 1985 and in 1997 on the Paris Original Music label...

Malay Peninsula, the city soon became an area of development under the Straits Settlements as part of the British Empire. The development and burgeoning...

when Penang was part of the British crown colony of the Straits Settlements. Governor of the Straits Settlements Cecil Clementi had overseen the nascent aviation...

The Indonesia–Singapore border is a maritime boundary in the Straits of Singapore between Indonesia's Riau Islands which lie to the south of the border...

British colonial administrator in Singapore. He was also President of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1886 to 1891. He translated and...

Machine, The Straits Times, 28 February 2008 Escape makes headlines overseas Archived 3 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Mavis Toh, The Straits Times, 2...

The Diocese of North Queensland is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, founded in 1879. It is situated in the northern part of the state of...

blogger Roy Ngerng". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 November 2014. Tham Yuen-c. "PM Lee responds to blogger's affidavit". The Straits Times. Archived from...

movie has been shot in locations across India. K. N. Vijiyan of the New Straits Times wrote that "you get tired of all the songs and fighting in the second...

The Straits Times. 9 July 2024. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 17 July 2025. hermes (28 June 2018). "Temasek invests $340m in UST Global". The Straits Times...

Hoo's graduate degree". The Straits Times. p. 15. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "Blank votes campaign". The Straits Times. 14 January 1966. p...

defaulter". Straits Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016. Chow, Jermyn (25 Feb 2016). "Punishing NS dodgers: What's fair, what's not?". Straits Times. Retrieved...

Freeman, The Straits of Malacca: Gateway Or Gauntlet?. McGill-Queen's Press, 2006. The designaiton of routing measures in Sunda and Lombok Straits. Susanto...

Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean go through the Singapore Strait. The Straits of Johor on the country's north are impassable for ships due to the Johor-Singapore...

(396 km) long. The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the...

lawyer and colonial administrator. He was acting Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements in 1912 and 1913. Ellis was born on 8 December 1865 in London...

company with eight Japanese vessels to complete the sweeping of the Tsushima Straits. Following in the wake of the second pass of the day on 29 December she...

The Sunda Straits Crisis was a two-week confrontation between the United Kingdom and Indonesia over the passage of the Illustrious-class aircraft carrier...

Love" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and originally released on Dire Straits' self-titled debut album. It was also released as a single in the Netherlands...

Gazette and Straits Chronicle. 28 June 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "21 NEW DOCTORS, 6 DENTISTS". The Straits Times. 21 December...

The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 October 2021. "Marshall honoured". The Straits Times. 31 May 1965. "France's top award for Marshall". The Straits Times...

Straits Times. p. 23. Retrieved 30 January 2026 – via NewspaperSG. Dhaliwal, Rav (12 December 1987). "Shopping for Xmas the MRT Way..." The Straits Times...

team led by Ng Chee Meng to face off against WP in new Sengkang GRC". The Straits Times. 28 June 2020. "Singapore GE2020: PAP's Ng Chee Meng congratulates...

westward link to the BTL. The LTA's rail director Lim Bok Ngam told The Straits Times in March 2006 that LTA planners and engineers were assessing ground...

elections on mainland". The Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "Defeat in S'pore shocks Tengku". The Straits Times. 23 September 1963...

November 1919) was a British Army officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements. Perrott was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1870...

and mainland China. This proposed zone also covers the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone which is the coastal economic zone located in Fujian province...

standard-gauge double-track rail project connecting Port Klang on the Straits of Malacca to Kota Bharu in northeast Peninsular Malaysia, linking the...

CEO". New Straits Times. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017. "Petronas posts RM3.4 billion net loss in Q3 on assets impairment". New Straits Times. 27...

was an all-round sportsman who played cricket for both Ireland and the Straits Settlements, and played rugby union for Singapore. Educated mainly in County...

last dive—boatman". The Straits Times. 6 May 1965. Retrieved 24 May 2021. "Skin-dive bar girl: Murder probe now". The Straits Times. 6 September 1963...

Jumabhoy travelled to Singapore in 1928, which was then a part of the Straits Settlements. In Singapore, he lived in a middle-class area at Tanjong Katong...

the Straits of Johor. The western portion of the border, beyond that delimited by the 1995 agreement, goes into the western section of the Straits of Singapore...

conclusion, Türkiye assented to the political clauses and the "freedom of the straits", Britain's main concern. The matter of the status of Mosul (Britain invaded...

was a passenger steamer built in 1870 for the colonial government of the Straits Settlements for service in the East, her accommodation being specially...

several major newspapers in the country, including the English-language The Straits Times and The Business Times, Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao and Shin Min...

Sports School to move to Kallang; new indoor arena to seat 18,000". The Straits Times. 18 August 2024. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 31 May 2025. "New 18,000-capacity...

country). The two are separated by the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara and Straits of the Bosphorus, a route of about 361 km. The largest city is Istanbul...

two, making it an inland sea. The Baltic Sea drains through the Danish Straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It...

Malaya. It comprised eleven states – nine Malay states and two of the Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca. It was established on the 1st of February...

alongside titles by Arthur Yap and Daren Shiau. In the same year, The Straits Times' Akshita Nanda selected Little Ironies as one of 10 classic Singapore...

its founding as a British colony in 1819 and when it became part of the Straits Settlements in 1826. In the present day, under the Penal Code, rioting...

Ris from Dec 16". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. "MRT goes all the way east". The Straits Times. 17 December 1989...

various times editor, manager and publisher of The Straits Times. He was instrumental in making The Straits Times the most widely read newspaper in Singapore...

in British Columbia, Canada the Saanich dialect, a subdialect of North Straits Salish the Saanich Peninsula, a region immediately north of Victoria, British...

Japan". The Straits Times. Tan, Christine (16 June 2024). "Three more convicts in $3b money laundering case deported to Cambodia: ICA". The Straits Times....

1931 report presented by the newly appointed Inspector of Prisons for the Straits Settlements, and the Superintendent of Singapore Prisons, Captain Otho...

"Heavy Fuel" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1991 by Vertigo Records as the second single from their sixth and final...

well as Indonesia's maritime boundary with Papua New Guinea in the Torres Straits) while the Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia...

Hantu is located to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. Pulau Hantu is actually made up of two islets: Pulau Hantu...

JohorBuzz, New Straits Times Ban on yoga likely in Johor Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 5 December 2008, New Straits Times Johor prepares...

travel patterns". The Straits Times. Darlyne Chow, Melissa (14 September 2014). "MyTeksi app to drive Penang tourism". New Straits Times. Retrieved 20 March...

VHF channel of the Turkish Straits Vessel Traffic Service together with the VHF channel 16 using VHF DSC in Turkish Straits. 13 SAR boats (10 of them are...

politician and President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits of the People's Republic of China. Chen was born in Shanghai in 1949. He...

Forbes was launched at Calcutta in 1805. She was wrecked in the Billeton Straits in the southern part of the Karimata Strait on 11 September 1806. Forbes...

the Straits of Malacca and the Southern Philippines". In Ong-Webb, Graham Gerard (ed.). Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Securing the Malacca Straits. Singapore:...

well-being of ethnic Chinese residents in the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements. Hare was born on 1 May 1863 in Weymouth, Dorset, son of Richard...

administrator who served for many years as head of the Treasury of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States. Pountney was born on 30 December...

The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 5 May 2024. "NDP 2026 to be held at National Stadium to accommodate more Singaporeans". The Straits Times...

known then in The Straits, was Resident Councillor of Penang and a career civil servant in the Colonial Administration of the Straits Settlements. Bland...

Cheboygan. M-27 has the local road name of Main Street in Cheboygan and Straits Highway outside of the city. State Street (US 23) and Main Street (M-27)...

Stock Exchange, and it was a part of the Straits Times Index until 30 September 2010 when it was delisted. "Straits Times Index". UOB Kay Hian. 2010-09-09...

recognition". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2013. "Proton is 10". New Straits Times. 9 July 1995...

international trade from the 16th to 19th centuries; the 19th century Straits dollar was itself derived from the same coin. Brunei issued tin coins denominated...

Resources in the US), Matchbox Pictures’ series The Straits, a crime drama filmed in Cairns and the Torres Straits, and the 2012 television comedy Micro Nation...

"Skateaway" is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater breezing through busy city streets, while listening to a portable...

Iran. Laft is more than 2,000 years old. It is on Qeshm Island in the Straits of Hormuz, to the southwest of Bandar Abbas. At the time of the 2006 National...

Diamond Broadcasting classic rock station 97.7 WCHY, with WCHY becoming Straits Country's new signal on March 12, 2018. It is part of a simulcast with...

Anwar Ibrahim following the Kajang Move political crisis. In 2020, The Straits Times reported that Sharafuddin owned shares in a company that planned...

built to operate the route from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City through the Straits of Mackinac year-round, and was equipped with powerful engines and a reinforced...

The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 July 2021. "Majority of Umno supreme council disagreed on withdrawing support for Muhyiddin: Ismail Sabri". The Straits Times...

bottleneck". The Straits Times. 11 July 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "$7 Million Bridge to Be Started Next Year". The Straits Times. 23...

July 2015). "ETFs a cheaper, low-risk option for stock investors". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 31 October 2017. "China blue-chip...

26 April 1946) was a British colonial administrator who served in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States. After graduating with a BA...

The Straits Times. 5 September 1963. "SENANG FLAG: BLOOD STAINED SHIRT..." The Straits Times. 15 October 1963. "71 accused of murder". The Straits Times...