RECEIVED
24 DEC 929
COL. OFFICE
DIEU
Dear Lord Passfield,
MON
DROIT
6775-87
Lund Pussticid
Government House, 3 ong hang.
20th November,
1929.
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The "Hong Kong Daily Press" of
November 16th published, under the headlines, "Canton's
Charter of Freedom for Mui Tsai", what is described as
an elaborate scheme for the emancipation of mui-tsai,
drawn up by the Bureau of Social Affairs, of which Dr.
Wu Po-liang is the chief. I have cut out from the
newspaper the article in question, and I enclose it
herewith for your information.
It so happened that Mr. G. S.
Moss, C.B.E., acting Consul General at Canton, was my
guest at Mountain Lodge in Hong Kong on the 16th
November. I, therefore, drew his attention to the
article published by the "Hong Kong Daily Press" and
asked him to be good enough to ascertain for me
whether in fact a real attempt was now being made by
the Canton Government to deal with the mui-tsai
problem.
Mr. Moss kindly consented to do this and,
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