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MUI TSAI IN HONG KONG
HEAD OFFICe—144, HIGH HOLBORN
LONDON, W.C.1
April 10 1929.
At the request of my Committee I am writing to ask if you have yet received the Report of the Governor of Hong Kong; if you can now let us know if the system of Mui Tsai is still in existence there; and, if so, what steps are being taken to put an end to it in accordance with the promise made by Mr. Winston Churchill seven years ago?
ALLEGED SLAVERY OF CHILDREN IN CEYLON,
My Committee is also concerned about an article published in March last in the CEYLON DAILY NEWS, which alleges that there is widespread exploitation of native child labour throughout the island under conditions said to amount to virtual slavery. It states that many thousands of impoverished Ceylonese are persuaded to lend, and in some cases to sell, young sons and daughters for domestic heavy work; and instances are cited of boys and girls forced to work from dawn till dark with no intervals for food and under conditions of extreme cruelty and neglect. It is said that at present there is no system for the registration of children employed on estates and no official
This body to supervise their welfare or prevent abuses. information is taken from THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, dated March 14th, 1929.
May I ask if you will be good enough to tell me if these is any truth in the above allegations; and, if so, what steps will be taken to stop these abuses?
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Florence A. Underwood.