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no one present did. But where there were two evils, he would certainly choose the lesser; that is, allowing the
present system to continue until the economic conditions of Chine had so improved as would permit of its abolition being carried out satisfactorily. In the meantime, he supported the suggestion of forming a society for the protection of the servant-girls,
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The Chairman, in summing up, said that he was glad that so many present had freely expressed their views, which was just what he wanted. Although several speakers had gone somewhat off their tracks, he refrained from checking them, for he desired to have a thorough discussion of this very important question. Hitherto, the practice had been for the Chinese Community to leave such matters almost entirely to their representatives on the Legislative Council; but of late, he was pleased to see a growing tendency on the part of his compatriots to particip- ate in public affairs. This was a welcome sign; but he only hoped that those who were so loud in their protestat- ions of what they regarded to be evils should give practical demonstration of their words. It had been his experience
to find that quite a number of men who were the loudest in their condemnation of public evils were the least active when work had to be done; and he hoped that those present
In his would be different. He wanted deeds and not words. speech, Mr. Yeung Shiu-cheun brought in the question of Mui-teai becoming concubines. In a way, the "mui-tsai" question was closely bound up with the question of concubinage. If the former system had to go, concubinage would have to follow it soon or late, as a matter of course. The question was therefore one of great mamititude affects -ing, as it did, many time honoured customs and social habits of the Chinese. If any one present had any possible scheme to suggest that could do away with the "mui-tsai" system, with concubinage, and with prostitution, he for
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