Title
Lodging house record book
Year/Period
1947-1960
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: L:32.1cm x W:20.5cm x T:1.8cm
Accession No.
2000-03642
Collection of
This book records the arrival and departure of female and child migrants staying at the Kam Lun Tai lodging house. Each entry was initialled by an officer from the Social Welfare Department. In 1947, the Department started to screen women and children to assure they were bona fide migrants with the prerequisite identity certificates. Young girls often arrived in Singapore en route to the Federation of Malaya or Sarawak. If they did not possess complete papers, they were detained at these homes until their benefactors sent relevant information to the Social Welfare Department.
