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to take
ry desirable action should be taken in
regard to certain aspects of the problem in
I share Lord advance of the Commission's Report. | Pass field's risus in this respect.
1«eonsider it most desirable that
3. Unless you are satisfied that there are
I msides that insuperable local objections,/Hong Kong
should be brought into 1 ine with Ceylon
and Malaya, where a brothel system forme rly
tolerated and recognised by Government has
now been abolished with results which
have every appearance of being satisfactory.
I am advised that expert medical opinion
longer
such a
•
ary
no views the system as providing real
safeguard against the spread of venereal
disease, and that the abolition of
tolerated houses in Ceylon and Malaya
has not led to any increase in
the
of the disease in (pection.)
incidence. The recognition by a Covernment
of prostitution, the issue to women
of what are to all intents and purposes
permits to practice it in tolerated
tor grant of
houses, and permits to keep such houses,
A
are repugnent to public opinion in this
country