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On the part of the Master.
Since the law has taken away from the master the
"locus parentis" over his muitsai, he cannot control
and keep her in discipline in the same way as he
could with his own children. If he accepts the
conditions contained in the Regulations for regis-
tration, he has to pay wages to the muitsai and yet
he cannot dismiss her as he can in the case of a Chü
Nin Mui.
If the muitsai becomes disobedient, he
cannot administer that degree of punishment to her
which he could administer to his own children without
incurring the direful consequences of being hauled up
before a magistrate or before the S.C.A. Hitherto
a master may freely remove his family from place to
place without having to report such removal to the
S.C.A.; but, by registering his muitsai, he will have
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to report on each occasion of removal.
the whole family of the master require to go back to
Canton or Macao on account of death or marriage in
the family, the muitsai will have to be produced at
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the S.C.A's office for enquiry as to her willingness
to go with the family.
If she refuses to go,
provision must be made for her to remain behind at
Hong Kong. If she is willing to go, a further
report must be made to the S.C.A. on her return.
Thus a registered muitsai becomes a nuisance. To
keep her in discipline is impossible, so the master
will become "the slave." and the muitsai "the master."
You can therefore realize how difficult it is to
advise any master to come forward and register his
muitsai under the present regulations.
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