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EMIGRATION.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.
(i).-EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE).
(Table IV).
6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 18,479 (women 10,831, girls 1,887 and boys 5,761) as compared with 17,044 in 1922.
7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over 16 years of age shows that out of a total of 10,831, 3,762 were going to join relatives, 3,969 with relatives or husbands, 396 as tailoresses, 184 as prostitutes, 2,307 as maidservants or nurses, 38 as cooks, 167 to work on the land. There were also one actress, 5 hair-dressers, and 2 nuns.
8. 26 women were detained for enquiries; 2 were detained in 1922.
9. Repatriation of Women and Girls.-
(a.) From Singapore. Fifty-eight (58) prostitutes were sent back from Singapore of whom Forty-nine (49) were returned on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution.
(b.) From Penang.--Two prostitutes were repatriated during the year.
(c.) From Perak.-4 girls taken into Perak for immoral purposes were returned at their own request. Two were handed back to their mothers and the other 2 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 14 with 11 convictions as compared with 7 cases and 4 convictions in 1922.
(ii.)- MALE EMIGRATION, (ASSISTED).
(Table V).
11. The figures for the year indicate a return to normal conditions, the total showing an increase of about 150%.
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EMIGRATION.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.
(i).-EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE).
(Table IV).
6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 18,479 (women 10,831, girls 1,887 and boys 5,761) as compared with 17,044 in 1922.
7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over 16 years of age shows that out of a total of 10,831, 3,762 were going to join relatives, 3,969 with relatives or husbands, 396 as tailoresses, 184 as prostitutes, 2,307 as maidservants or nurses, 38 as cooks, 167 to work on the land. There were also one actress, 5 hair-dressers, and 2 nuns.
8. 26 women were detained for enquiries; 2 were detained in 1922.
9. Repatriation of Women and Girls.-
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(a.) From Singapore. Fifty-eight (58) prostitutes were sent back from Singapore of whom Forty-nine (49) were returned on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution.
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(b.) From Penang.--Two prostitutes were repatriated during
year.
(c.) From Perak.-4 girls taken into Perak for immoral purposes were returned at their own request. Two were handed back to their mothers and the other 2 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 14 with 11 con- victions as compared with 7 cases and 4 convictions in 1922.
(ii.)- MALE EMIGRATION, (ASSISTed).
(Table V).
11. The figures for the year indicate a return to normal conditions, the total showing an increase of about 150%.
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