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Protection of Children Society, and various other reliable
correspondents are deliberately lying.
You must be aware that one cadet, and one cadet
only, has been appointed as addition to the staff of the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Hong Kong, and we therefore
wonder how you dare stand up in the House of Commons in your
responsible position, and suggest that the obviously big work
of inspection, control and remuneration can be carried out in
these circumstances.
mui tsai dealt with are almost entirely those which are brought
Complaints Lo to the notice of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by the Police,
A by the Anti-Mui Tsai Society, by other informers, and in a
limited number of cases by the girls themselves, and not by
Government inspectors.
The actual facts are that the cases of
As, however, you state that inspection has been
carried out in its entirety, we invite you to give details of
any such inspection, how many inspectors have been appointed, the date of their appointment, whether they include any women, and why no mention is made of these inspectors, (if they exist), in the Governor's 6 monthly Reports ?
We also challenge you to produce any evidence of
any scheme to ensure that remuneration of mui tsai is being
enforced. We trust you will not reply that these questions
are covered by an Ordinance, for we have already had sufficient