538.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG, 18th December, 1929.
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62758/1129 (28)
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Copy te ser es..
My Lord,
With reference to my despatch No.499,
dated the 21st November, 1929, I have the honour to
inform Your Lordship that from the 1st of this month,
on which day registration of mui-tsai commenced, up
to date only 21 mui-tsai have been registered, and
that the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, in a report
written on the 13th instant, after discussion with the
three Chinese members of legislative Council, says
that the new regulations are unpopular; that the
resentment against them is no less alive because we
hear little of it; that many mui-tsai, so it was
reported, were being sent back to the country from perfectly happy homes; that there would no doubt be
some registration, but not a great deal.
Subsequently, the Honourable Dr. S.W. Ts'o, C.B.E.,
LL.D., one of the three Chinese members of
Legislative Council, wrote to the Secretary for
Chinese Affairs a letter, dated the 13th instant, of
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
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