APPENDIX 18
(See paragraph 71)
CHILDREN ADMITTED INTO THE PO LEUNG KUK ON THE
INITIATIVE OF THE CHILD WELFARE SECTION
DURING THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 1964 To 31 March 1965
COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
Number of Inmates on 1 April
Category of Admissions :
1958-59 1963-64 1964-65
226
336
321
Found abandoned ...
104
18
***
Found wandering
43
17
Parents untraceable
Given up by parents Orphans
***
Juvenile mendicants
2
2
***
11
8
1
5
***
***
Parents in prison
Parents in hospital
Children with unfit parents or custodians, etc
Pending investigation
Pending court hearing
Referred by other Homes
Referred by other Sections
Total
* 4
***
:
25
223
90
72
35
66
71
52
17
13
9
44
34
6
7
10
7
495
271
226
Category of Discharges:
Local adoption by Court Order
Adoption overseas.....
21
21
6
15
11
*
Returned to parents or relatives .....
340
177
201
***
Found employment
8
4
6
Returned to police custody
1
50
9
Transferred to other Homes
14
13
14
***
Discharged into aftercare of the Department
5
3
6
Deaths
18
3
2
Others
7
Total
413
286
255
Number of Inmates on 31 March
303
321
292
82