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per. Calder 11.4 For G. Grundle 11
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MUI-7941 IN HONG XONO.
The employment of qui-tsal is an old established and
wiac-spread custom in Ching which is deep-rooted in
Chinese family and economic conuitions.
21.0 Mui-tgai
are in general well-treated, the very name meand
镛
+1 Little Sister" and it is considered by Chinese public
opinion to be obligatory on their employers to see that
they are married or suitably provided for when they are
about lo year. of age. Inasmuch however, as the custom
meant that young female chilaren were placed as domestic
servants in the houses of employers who had paid money
for them to their parents or guardians, the custom was
obviously open to abuse and was repugnset to sritish
ideas. The stops which have been taken in Hong Long
on the orders of successive Secretarios of Stute to
atomp out this custom are detailed in Command 3424 ana
Command 3735.
The statement attributed to
lt is not clear what line Sir John Simon propose
to take in his attack on the resent position regard ing
ui-teai in Hong Kong.
Lady Simon at the meeting at Heading on 16ta karch, at
which Sir John Simon presided is that brought her to
an nglish Colony which condones slavery, Longong,
enere there were some 10,000 child slaves owned by Chinese.
She sugreeted that all persons should write to their
and ask him what he was doing about that." The
uulinite mis- statements there, are:-
(1)