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5. In addition to the annual Committee there is a Board of Permanent Direction, which serves to maintain continuity of policy and of which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs is the ex-officio chairman.
6. The following were elected in April to serve as the Managing Committee for the year:-
Mr. Au Shiu-cho,
Mr. Luke Oi-wan,
Mr. Lo Tung-fan,
Mrs. Tam Woon Tong,
Mr. Chan Cheuk-man,
Mr. Cheung Lan-chau,
Mr. Kwok Lam-pat, Mr. Tsang Hin-hung, Mr. Wong Chi-po,
Mr. Li Kwok-ying.
7. The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1937, was seventy-one and during the year 465 persons were admitted as against 615 in 1936. The circumstances of admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
8. Four hundred and sixty-five women, girls and children were admitted without warrant. Thirty-one were lost children. Fifty-one were accompanied by parents or guardians and sixty-two were maidservants or Mui-tsai who had left their employers.
9. On leaving the Kuk 184 persons were restored to husbands or other relatives, one hundred and two were sent to charitable institutions in China, five were given in adoption, 112 were released after enquiries, eight were released under bond, and seventeen were sent to a School, Convent or Refuge in the Colony. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was ninety-six.
10. Four cases of sickness were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital, eighty-three to the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, three to the Queen Mary Hospital and three to the Small Pox Hospital, for treatment and of these ten died.
11. Dr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E., and Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O.B.E., continued to serve as Visiting Justices throughout the year.
12. Mrs. M. K. Lo was appointed Lady Visitor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mrs. R. H. Kotewall. She and Mrs. S. W. Tso paid regular visits of inspection during the year.
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5. In addition to the annual Committee there is a Board of Permanent Direction, which serves to maintain continuity of policy and of which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs is the ex-officio chairman.
6. The following were elected in April to serve as the Managing Committee for the year:-
Mr. Au Shiu-cho,
Mr. Luke Oi-wan,
Mr. Lo Tung-fan,
Mrs. Tam Woon Tong,
Mr. Chan Cheuk-man,
Mr. Cheung Lan-chau,
Mr. Kwok Lam-pat, Mr. Tsang Hin-hung, Mr. Wong Chi po,
Mr. Li Kwok-ying.
7. The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1937, was seventy-one and during the year 465 persons were admitted as against 615 in 1936. The circum- stances of admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
8. Four hundred and sixty-five women, girls and children were admitted without warrant. Thirty-one were lost children. Fifty-one were accompanied by parents or guardians and sixty- two were maidservants or Muitsai who had left their employers.
9. On leaving the Kuk 184 persons were restored to husbands or other relatives, one hundred and two were sent to charitable institutions in China, five were given in adoption, 112 were released after enquiries, eight were released under bond, and seventeen were sent to a School, Convent or Refuge in the Colony. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was ninety-six.
10. Four cases of sickness were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital, eighty-three to the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, three to the Queen Mary Hospital and three to the Small Pox Hospital, for treatment and of these ten. died.
11. Dr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E., and Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O.B.E., continued to serve as Visiting Justices through- out the year.
12. Mrs. M. K. Lo was appointed Lady Visitor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mrs. R. H. Kotewall. She and Mrs. S. W. Tso paid regular visits of inspection during the year.
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