APPENDIX 14
OVERSEAS ADOPTION
FOR THE YEAR 1ST APRIL 1970 TO 31ST MARCH 1971
A
No. of children declared wards of Supreme Court... No, of children who departed for adoption overseas
Wards of Supreme Court-
Abandoned Children
Orphaned Children
...
Children released by parents
2220
20
32
11
3
16
30
Other children known to the Department whose parents or relatives
gave consent
2
32
No. of children who departed for foster placement under the Canadian
Sponsorship Programme
Wards of Supreme Court-
Abandoned Children
Orphaned Children ...
静濤
Children released by parents
***
Total No. of children left the Colony
United States of America
New Zealand
***
事
Canada
B
DESTINATIONS
E
3
1
2
0
3
35
27
1
7*
***
35+
* of the 7 children who went to Canada 3 children were for foster placement
under the Canadian Sponsorship Programme.
† of the 35, 26 were placed with Chinese families, and 9 were placed with others.
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