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EMIGRATION.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.
(1).—EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE).
(Table IV).
6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 17,044 (women 10,231, girls 1,595 and boys 5,218) as compared with 30,050 in 1921.
7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over 16 years of age shows that out of a total of 10,231, 3,597 were going to join relatives, 3,234 with relatives or husbands, 393 as tailoresses, 220 as prostitutes, 2,402 as maidservants or nurses, 208 as cooks, 145 to work on the land. There were also one actress, 12 hair-dressers, and 19 nuns.
8. Two women were detained for enquiries; none were detained in 1921.
9.—Repatriation of Women and Girls.—
(a.) From Singapore.—Twenty (20) prostitutes, who went to Singapore, were sent back on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution. They were all seen off to their destinations.
An application was received for the recovery of a woman who had emigrated to Singapore, but she could not be found.
(b.) From Penang.—Two women were repatriated in connection with a "trafficking" case. One was handed back to her husband and the other was sent to the Kwong Yan Charitable Institution in Canton with a view to restoration to her relatives.
(c.) From Perak.—4 girls taken into Perak for immoral purposes were returned at their own request. One was handed back to her mother and the other 3 were sent to the Kwong Yan Charitable Institution in Canton with a view to restoration to their relatives.
10. Prosecutions under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance undertaken by this office numbered 7 with 4 convictions as compared with 6 cases and 1 conviction in 1921.
(ii.)—MALE EMIGRATION, (Assisted).
(Table V).
11. The figures for the year show a decline in the number of assisted emigrants, which was only about one third of the number in 1921.
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EMIGRATION.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.
(1).—EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE).
(Table IV).
6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 17,044 (women 10,231, girls 1,595 and boys 5,218) as compared with 30,050 in 1921.
7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over 16 years of age shows that out of a total of 10,231,3,597 were going to join relatives, 3,234 with relatives or husbands, 393 as tailoresses, 220 as prostitutes, 2,402 as maidservants or nurses, 208 as cooks, 145 to work on the land. There were also one actress, 12 hair- dressers, and 19 nuns.
8. Two women were detained for enquiries; none were detained in 1921.
9.-Repatriation of Women and Girls.--
(a.) From Singapore.-Twenty (20) prostitutes, who went to Singapore, were sent back on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution. They were all seen off to their destinations.
An application was received for the recovery of a woman who had emigrated to Singapore, but she could not be found.
(b.) From Penang.-Two women were repatriated in connec- tion with a "trafficking' case. One was handed back to her husband and the other was sent to the Kwong Yan Charitable In- stitution in Canton with a view to restoration to her relatives.
(c.) From Perak.-4 girls taken into Perak for immoral purposes. were returned at their own request. One was handed back to her mother and the other 3 were sent to the Kwong Yan Charitable In- stitution in Canton with a view to restoration to their relatives.
10. Prosecutions under the Women and Girls Protection Or- dinance undertaken by this office numbered 7 with 4 convictions as compared with 6 cases and 1 conviction in 1921.
(ii.) — MALE EMIGRATION, (Assisted).
(Table V).
11. The figures for the year show a decline in the number of assisted emigrants, which was only about one third of the number in 1921.
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