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descriptions of the position in various Chinese
provinces from
Consular officers and others
with first-hand knowledge.
within
Whether or not it
be open to may don't, but it w" be differe?!( for any cree to
avoid doing so)
was decided the terms of reference of the
Committee www to comment upon the position in
China, bra thandan, seeing that the whole
problem in Hong Kong arises out of practices in
China and the success of the Colony's efforts
must always be limited by any failure to tackle
cannot the problem in China. Anyway, we may fairly or
wisely dispute the Committee's dritberostar
interpretation of the terms of reference this refect.
In No. 5Bir G. Maxwell refers
particularly to the problem of unregistered mui-
tsai and asks that it may receive attention if
there is any question of re-writing parts of the
report. In his letter of the 1st December which
is registered on General paper 30231/7/34 which
was almost entirely concerned with the Malayan
Government's reply to his earlier memorandum,
Sir G. Maxwell inserted in the last paragraph
the reference to the unregistered mui-tsai
question in Hong Kong. I find that although a
copy of his letter went to Malaya, it did not go
to Hong Kong. However, the Hong Kong Committee
dealt with Commander Hazlewood's Resolution
(printed in the Slave Market News, July 1934 and
reproduced in the Committee's report as Appendix
No. 5), and this included a demand that the
Government should institute a far more compre-
hensive inspectorate. The Committee have
recommended a radical change in the whole system
with a view to protecting all children in Hong Kong (not
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merely mui-tsai) who have been "sold, given away,
or