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The newer to Lieutenant-comunnder Hazlewood "z
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Karagraph 1. Buying and selling of human beings does not take place in Hong Kong. A custom exists in Hong Kong as elsewhere in China by which a maid servant ((mui trai) is handed over by her natural guardians to an employer in return for a money pay.cont. The girl is regarded by the Chinese as the adopted child of the
kuloyer. The law of the Colony, which is the law of Eland, does not recognise the transfer as conferring any right or title whatsoever on the employer as
gainst the girl.
brazcanh 2. The transaction takes place as explainet bove for the purpose of adoption including Domestic, ervice. Servitude is a misnomer. It does not take
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lace for purposan of prostitution. (In this commel
ion it may be noted that by Ordinance 4 of 1897
retection of dosen and Girls - it is provided inte: lia that any person who takes part in selling, fledging, letting out to hire, purchasing, takin pledge, taking on hire or otherwise disposing
bum or girl for the purpose of prostitution
thin or without the Colony is guilty of a m
meanour and is liable on conviction to impri
p to 2 years).
1 rinh 3. The Governor reported that, 23
în no attem tr either in the North or
ceal by legislation with the quorting
E that the universal practice in tigh
planged throughout Luina. The folle
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