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brought to the notice of the Hong Kong Government.
After further investigation the Governor was advised
that no doubt the traffic in childrenstill persisted,
being the custom of the country and which it would
take a long time to alter, but that it remained to
be proved that the Hong Kong Government's efforts
were not making headway against the abuses of the
custom. No further action was taken by the
Governor.
In October 1928 the Anti-Mui Tsai Society held
Paunched their annual meeting and lodged a general attack
on the Mui Tsai system in Hong Kong. It was the
proceedings of this meeting which supplied Mr.Harris
with the material for his letter to the "Manchester
Guardian" at the beginning of this year. This
letter has been reprinted and widely circulated
in this country. A copy is attached (appendix C).
C contmued on following
page.