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despatch of 9th June that it would be
very difficult to abolish these without
arousing strong local opposition, ang
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action which while it clears the Govern-
ment from any suspic: of tolerating
prostitution exposes those prostitutes
who nevertheless continue to practice
Ereater dangers than those which at
present exist. At the same time I must would
point out that similar difficulties on
the ground of ancient Chinese customs
were anticipated in dealing with the
mui-tsai custom and that they have
been successfully overcome.
7 Formerly in Hong Kong there
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was a legal system of registration of
prostitutes and toleration of brothel s
nd It was condemned in 1893 by the
Secretary of State in a despatch to the
Governor of Hong Kong in the following
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terms:
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