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The CHAIRMAN. --What suggestions would you make?
A. Of course, they must be approved by the Board of Direction.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-Do you mean proposed and seconded and balloted
A.--Yes, but there should be no black-balling, that is a man should not be excluded if there is only one black-ball.
The CHAIRMAN.You think the permanent Board should pass them?
A.---Yes.
Honourable Ho KAT.-That is provided for.
The CHAIRMAN.Any other section?
A. Yes. Section 17 provides that in the event of the Society failing to carry out the object for which it is established, the surplus of any assets should go to the Crown. I don't think that ought to be so. The Chinese want the money they subscribe to be devoted to charitable purposes.
Q. What would you suggest then?
A.-I would suggest that the surplus should be paid over to the Tung Wa Hospital or some such other charitable institution.
Q-Any other suggestion?
A.-In section 18 I see that the Governor shall have the power to give the sum of $20,000 to the Pó Leung Kuk Society. Do I understand that $20,000 will be paid to the Society? I think that $20,000 would be a fair amount considering that the Chinese have subscribed $30,000. My idea is that the Government should bear one half of the cost of the Society.
Q. Do you think then that with such alterations as you suggest it will be better for the Society to be incorporated under this Ordinance than to be registered under the Companies Ordinance?
A.-I think it would be better to have this Ordinance passed than to get registered under the Companies Ordinance.
Q.--Why?
A.-I don't think the Chinese know much of the Companies Ordinance. This Society is not a Limited Liability Company with a fixed capital; and the members can be increased from time to time.
Q. Do you know the Home where the girls are at present housed?
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A. Yes.
Q. What is your opinion as to its fitness for the purpose?
A.-I do not think it is at all suitable.
Q.-Why?
A.-Because the girls are kept just above the ward where the patients of the Hospital are.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-You say that you know a good deal about the working of the Home in which the girls are kept. In the event of any of them wishing to leave the Home are they at liberty to do so?
A.-No.
Q.-They are detained forcibly against their wishes? A.-These girls don't know what is good for themselves.