APPENDIX 12
(See paragraph 57)
ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN
FIGURES OF CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED IN RECENT YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
Sex-ratio boys per 100 girls
1958-59
34
174
208
19.5%
1967-68
28
25
53
112%
1968-69
14
19
33
73.9%
1969-70
14
11
25
127.3%
0
APPENDIX 13
ADOPTION ORDINANCE (CAP 290)
FIGURES OF LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN RECENT YEARS
1958-59 1968-69 1969–70
Applications for adoption pending on 1 April ... Applications received during the year
95
243
257
121 216 270 513 303 560
Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court during
the year*
84
213
283
Applications refused by Court
2
1
***
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35
43
37
Applications withdrawn or cancelled
Total number of cases disposed of during the
year
Applications pending at end of year
121
256
321
95
257
239
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
1958-59 1968-69 1969-70
Abandoned children
***
Illegitimate children
23
18
19
4
4
17
Adoptions by private arrangement
37
172
241
Legalization of Chinese customary adoption
20
19
6
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