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emasculate the suggestion. These people would be left to be dealt with exactly as at present: by
detective enquiries leading to Police Court
prosecution wherever possible: or where evidence
for the Court might be lacking but the case in the
opinion of the Governor in Council justified such
action, by banishment. The records of the Colony
show that the campaign against traffickers along
these lines is actively carried on: and they
show also a constant strengthening of the law,
generally on the advice of the Chinese.
The attitude often taken up by foreigners
on this question seems to ignore the efforts of the
Chinese themselves in Hong Kong and indeed would
almost seem to deny them the possession of any
proper sympathy or initiative. The institution known as the Po Leung Kuk is evidence to the contrary; and it is difficult to see what better
at present
means there are of finding a solution for the difficulty. The Kuk is managed and financed by voluntary annual Committees of Chinese, there being in addition a permanent Committee, called when necessary, of the most prominent and public spirited residents of the Colony. All of them
have served on the Annual Committee, and on other
charitable Committees as well. The Kuk itself ia
the Girls Home and in it are kept cases under
consideration: special ordinances give the
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