NUMBER OF PIRATE TAXIS CONFISCATED

Parliament of Singapore · 15 July 1968 · 2nd Parliament

Official Report, 15 July 1968, Vol 27, Issue 12 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lim Guan HooP. Govindaswamy

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

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Mr P. Govindaswamy asked the Minister for Defence how many vehicles used illegally to ply for passengers have been confiscated since 1st July, 1966.

Mr Lim Guan Hoo (Bukit Merah) (for the Minister for Defence): Mr Speaker, Sir, during the period 1st July, 1966, to 6th July, 1968, the Traffic Police impounded a total of 1,306 vehicles that were used illegally to ply for passengers. The court ordered confiscation of 918 of these vehicles.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 15 July 1968. Republished on SGParliament.