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This is a difficult question. We cannot
enforce wages for mui-tsai higher than those
generally ruling for ordinary domestic
servants, after taking into consideration
the valuation of food, lodging etc. We
might, of course, use the weapon of excessive
wages to force people to stop keeping mui-tsai but I do not think that was the intention,
and it is doubtful whether the effect of such
a policy would be wholly good as many of the mui-tsai mi-ht be simply turned adrift.
If,
therefore, we are to be guided by the reneral
level of wages paid to ordinary domestic
*
servants in Hong Kong, there seems that no
substantial increases in the present prescribed
rates is possible.
The certainly appear
ridiculous