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In paragraph 10 the Governor defends the
Po Leung Kuk and takes the greatest exception
to Mrs. Rolfe's "ill-informed criticism", but
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he admits that there are possibly one or two
matters on which there is room for improvement.
We have no means of judging how far his defence
is justified. The report of the Secretary for
Chinese Affairs for 1929 is not very informative.
It says that the Justices of the Peace "on no
occasion found cause for adverse comment", and
that "the Matron reports favourably on the
conduct, health and inuustry of the inmates
during the year." The Secretary for Chinese
Affairs nowhere states that from his own know-
ledge the institution was well run. I also
note from the report that the average number
of inmates was 69, that their food cost only
$5,496.- and that the bulk of the assets, viz.,
$20,000 was on fixed deposit on mortgage with
a plis Ma Lei Ho Shi. The activities of the
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Po Leung Kuk will clearly come within the
purview of the International Commission and we
shall hear in due course if the Commission
is satisfied that it is working well.
In paragraph 12, the Governor admits that
the facilities for free treatment of Venereal
Jisease are inadequate. It is a step in the
right direction that they propose to increase
these facilities.
Finally, in paragraph 13 the Governor
makes his concrete proposal, viz., that
Government