Enclosure No. 2.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong...
2nd November, 192 9.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No........??..
.........of 192 9.
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to amend the Female Domestic Service Ordinance,
1923, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which
is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
2.
This Ordinance makes certain amendments in the
Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, Ordinance No. 1
of 1923, in order to increase its efficiency.
3.
Section 2 of this Ordinance prohibits the bringing
into the Colony of any new mui tsai, but if a mui tsai
is already in the Colony the section will not prevent her
being taken out of the Colony and brought back again,
provided that she is registered under the Ordinance before
she is taken out. It seems obvious that if a mui tsai
belongs to a Hong Kong household, and if Hong Kong is her
real home, it might be very injurious to her interests if
she could not return here after a visit to Canton.
Further, we should in that case lose all power of