Folders hierarchy

In Lightroom in the left panel, under folders, I have a Folder named "Little India". I created another folder< "Singapore" which ended up nested inside the Little India folder. I deleted it and tried to create a new folder, but the folder option, "Put inside the Little India folder" is checked and I am not able to uncheck it. The Hierarchy should be: Folders>Singapore>"Little India". How do I make Singapore my main folder and Little India a subfolder? I already have 2 other subfolders in the Singapore folder. I tried making another subfolder within Singapore, named it Little India, then selected all the images in Little India and dragged to the new subfolder. The folder then contained all the images from the other 2 folders also. How do I get around this? I just want the folders to look the same as the back-ups and other volumes.
I have a Mac G4, OS 10.4.10, 1 GB Ram, LR 1.3.1.

Sean, the "include folders from subitems" was not checked. In fact, I double checked that again. Nope, not checked.
Michael,
you are right about the Library>New Folder works differently. But if I select that, it prompts me to choose a location. If I choose the HD where my library is located, will it show up in the context menu in the left column? I can't tell since if I open the hard drive where it resides, it just shows.lrdata & .lrcat

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