NUMBER OF PERSONS ENTERING SINGAPORE FROM HONGKONG DURING JANUARY/DECEMBER 1957 (Maximum period allowed for stay)

Mr Lee Choon Eng asked the Minister for Labour and Welfare if he will state the number of persons, classified under separate categories such as doctors, songstresses, strip-teasers, etc., permitted to enter the Colony from Hongkong on a temporary visa during the period January to December 1957, and the maximum period allowed for any stay in Singapore.

Dr Lim Yew Hock: Mr Speaker, Sir, the numbers of persons allowed in from Hongkong on temporary passes for the period January to December 1957 are as follows: doctors - nil; songstresses (including dancing troupes and Cantonese wayang troupes) - 183; strip-teasers - none granted as such; business and social visits - 461.

The normal period allowed for persons on business passes is three months and the maximum period normally granted is under two years.