CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 13

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and European ideas spread in China. In the

meanwhile the Govt. will discourage the system

so far as it is able and is anxious to receive

information as to the "selling" of fresh muitsai,

as to the restriction of the personal freedom of muitsai or other women and girls, and as to the

ill-treatment of children, muit sai or not, in order that it may take the necessary proceedings. The Govr., who is keenly interested in the welfare

of the Chinese, is already taking steps towards

the establishment of a society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Children, to assist in the detection

of cases of ill-treatment.

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In brief, effort should be directed not

to the "abolition" of an easily disguised social status, which can only be effectively abolished by the Chinese themselves, but to the prevention of specific abuses, restrictions on the liberty

of women and girls, ill-treatment of children

and servants, etc. whether or not connected with

that social status.

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