Title
Straits Settlements landing permit
Year/Period
1932
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: Opened: H15.1 x W19 cm,
Object size: Closed: H15.1 x W10 cm
Object size: Closed: H15.1 x W10 cm
Accession No.
2009-01453
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Theresa Low
This landing permit belongs to Ho Kee Chin, a Hakka Chinese who arrived in Singapore on 30 July 1935 at the age of 19. In 1933, the government introduced the Aliens Ordinance Act to control immigration in response to the Great Depression. Upon landing, new immigrants had to pay a fee of $5 to obtain a landing permit, which had to be exchanged for a Certificate of Admission a month later.
