families established wi other commercial than in avy port, a result wi a high degree due to the liberal administration which has allerved the chinese to walk in the of their customs. Though way the present Dynasty has introduced regard of practice and of dress into the cherished customs alterations in احمد of the Chinese, the distinchon between Chinese and Manchu marriage rites has been maintained in accordance with the wishes of the people. The pioneers of Hong Kong who were well acquauited with this fact proclaimed in the clearest manner that Chinese would be allowed to follow their own کاری eagerly set custom; as rresult all out for place where there was the pleasure of trading in peace, and where, within a little over 50 years, more than 200,000 people have congregated ated as it were on nahie soil. soil.
Contrary to expectation, law has lately been. 196 a newN passed called the Women and Girl's Protection Ordinance, of which the 6th section says that, whilst no investigation will follow in the case of girls 12 and under 16 over years of age who are married according to proper marriage rites, yet if any have connexion with such girl without such rites having been performed, he shall be deemed to have broken the law, and be liable to the penalty set forth in the 12th section. What originally gave rise to this law was a fear that young girls men or would be seduced by evil m be driven by their purse mothers to earn money by prostitution.
The fixing of the age at 16 accor. according English calculation was an excellent idea in itself, the mention. however of Chinese marriages introduced
families established wi
other commercial
than in
avy
port,
a result wi a
high degree.
due
to the liberal administration which
has allerved the chinese to walk in
the
of their customs. Though
way the present Dynasty has introduced
regard of practice and of dress into the cherished customs
alterations in
احمد
of the Chinese, the distinchon between Chinese and Manchu marriage rites
has been maintained in accordance
with the wishes of the people . The pioneers of Hong Kong who were well acquauited with this fact proclaimed in the clearest manner that Chinese
would be allowed to follow their own
کاری
eagerly
set
customs; as
rresult all
out for
place where there was the pleasure of trading in peace, and where, within a little over 50 years, more than 200,000 people have
congregated
ated as it were on nahie
soil.
soil. Contrary to expectation,
law has
lately
been.
196
a newN
passed called the Women and Girl's Protection
Ordinance, of which the 6th section
says
that, whilst no
investigation
will follow in the case of girls
12 and under 16
over
years of age who are married according to proper marriage rites, yet if any have connexion with such girl without such rites having been ~ performed, he shall be deemed to
have broken the law, and be liable to the penalty set forth in the 12th section What originally gave rise to this
law was
A
fear that
young girls
men or
would be seduced by evil m
be driven by their purse mothers
to earn
money by prostitution. The
fixing of the
age
at 16 accor.
according
English calculation was an ~
to
excellent idea in itself, the mention.
however of Chriese
marriages
introduced
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