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Annexe A.
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE PO LEUNG KUK
FOR THE YEAR 1939.
(Tables A, B and C.)
The Po Leung Kuk Society was founded in 1878 to aid in the detection and suppression of kidnapping especially of girls and women, and to shelter such girls or women as had been kidnapped in the interior and brought to Hong Kong for sale or emigration. Its name means "institution for the preservation of virtue." The initiative in its formation came from the Chinese themselves, and ever since by subscription and personal service they have continued to support it.
2. The following were elected in April to serve as the Managing Committee for the year:-
Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan.
Mrs. Ho Leung.
Dr. Li Tsoo-yiu,
Miss Irene Ho Tung.
Mrs. Kwok Lam-pat.
Mr. Wan Wan-tsing.
Mr. Tong Yick-tong.
Dr. Liu Yan-tak.
Mr. Chau Sing-chi.
Mr. Kwok Pui-cheung.
Mr. Leung Sik-mau.
Mr. Kan Man.
3. The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on 1st January, 1939, was 196 and during the year 787 persons were admitted as against 650 in 1938. The circumstances of admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
4. 787 women, girls and children were admitted without warrant. Thirty-four were lost children. Seventeen were accompanied by parents or guardians and twenty-nine were muitsai who had left their employers and thirty-seven wards who had left their custodians.
5. On leaving the Kuk 167 persons were restored to husbands or other relatives, 126 were sent to charitable institutions in China or employed as domestic servants, thirty-one were given in adoption, one was married, 205 were released after inquiries, twenty-two were released under bond, and 182 were sent to a School, Convent, Refuge or Refugee Camp in the Colony. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on 31st December was 223 which is more than that of previous years.
6. 285 cases of sickness were sent to the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, one to the Mental Hospital, and three to the Lai Chi Kok Hospital for treatment, and of these twenty-five died.
7. 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.
8. Mrs. M. K. Lo and Mrs. S. W. Tso paid regular visits of inspection during the year.
C 10
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Annexe A.
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE PO LEUNG KUK
FOR THE YEAR 1939.
(Tables A, B and C.)
The Po Leung Kuk Society was founded in 1878 to aid in the detection and suppression of kidnapping especially of girls and women, and to shelter such girls or women as had been kidnapped in the interior and brought to Hong Kong for sale or emigration. Its name means "institution for the preservation of virtue.' The initiative in its formation came from the Chinese themselves, and ever since by subscription and personal service they have continued to support it.
2. The following were elected in April to serve as the Managing Committee for the year:-
Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan.
Mrs. Ho Leung.
Dr. Li Tsoo-yiu,
Miss Irene Ho Tung.
Mrs. Kwok Lam-pat.
Mr. Wan Wan-tsing.
Mr. Tong Yick-tong.
Dr. Liu Yan-tak.
Mr. Chau Sing-chi.
Mr. Kwok Pui-cheung.
Mr. Leung Sik-mau.
Mr. Kan Man.
3. The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on 1st January. 1939, was 196 and during the year 787 persons were admitted as against 650 in 1938. The circumstances of admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
4. 787 women, girls and children were admitted without warrant. Thirty-four were lost children. Seventeen were accompanied by parents or guardians and twenty-nine were muitsai who had left their employers and thirty-seven wards who had left their custodians.
5. On leaving the Kuk 167 persons were restored to husbands or other relatives, 126 were sent to charitable institutions in China or employed as domestic servants, thirty-one were given in adoption, one was married, 205 were released after inquiries, twenty-two were released under band, and 182 were sent to a School, Convent, Refuge or Refugee Camp in the Colony. The number of inmates remain- ing in the Kuk on 31st December was 223 which is more than that of previous years.
G. 285 cases of sickness were sent to the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, one to the Mental Hospital, and three to the Lai Chi Kok Hospital for treatment, and of these twenty-five died.
7. Dr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E., and Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. L. Dowbiggin, 0.B.E., continued to serve as Visiting Justices throughout the year.
8. Mrs. M. K. Lo and Mrs. S. W. Tso paid regular visits of inspection during the year.
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