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lso commonly poken of as
Leung Kuk.
The Po Leung Kuk is a society incorporated*
in Hongkong "for the purpose of assisting the Government in the suppression of kidnapping and the protection of women and children; of aiding by correspondence and other means in the detection and bringing to justice of persons guilty of kidnapping and other kindred offences: of helping to restore rescued persons to their relatives or friends, and of providing a home for rescued women and children until proper provision is made for their marriage, adoption or settlement in life, or otherwise for their welfare".
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The Society has a Board of Direction, vacancies in which are filled up by the Governor. The President of the Board is the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The remainder of the Board are Chinese of standing, including the Chinese members of the Legislative Council. This board of Direction is assisted by a Committee honorary body chosen annually from among the most prominent and respectable gentlemen in the Colony,
and some members of the Committee attend personally every day to all detail. The doings of the Po Leung Kuk are subject to the fullest publicity both in the English and
more especially in the Chinese press.
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A recent report by the Secretary for Chinese
Affaire states "It must not be forgotten that the Po
Leung Kuk fills a place in the Government of the Colony
which can be filled by no mere Government official.
The Committee works with an inside knowledge of the
Chinese mind, and with a host of unofficial corres-
pondents in the charitable institutions of the interior
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