CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 64

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itsai leaving their

homes as a result of any

measures taken, is it

quite impossible to

supplement the

accommodation in the

Po Leung Kuk by temporary

arrangements?

respect to registration of muitsai, and it did in fact

lead to a large number of muitsai

leaving their homes, it would be completely impossible for the

Po Leung Kuk to accommodate them,

Although on occasion as many as

100 girls have been accommodated in

this institution, this was only

possible by great overcrowding,

and normally even with a complement of 50 girls the

institution is undesirably full.

The Governor knows of no temporary

arrangements which could be made for accommodating a large number of young girls in this Colony. The Chinese community could certainly not be expected to

assist in such circumstances, and the Governor does not suppose that"

the Anti Muitsai Society would

be at all helpful. It is not

possible to say what the

approximate number of muitsai in the Colony may be; but the Governo

has been very definitely assured

by the leaders of the Chinese

community that the number is not increasing but is diminishing.