CO129-527-13 Treatment of Juvenile offenders in Hong Kong 25-9-1930 - 13-12-1930 — Page 8

C. O.

Mr.

Delahunt.

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12.30.

Mr. Bickle

11 ts

Mr.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

THE EDITOR,

THE WORLD'S CHILDREN.

72890/30.

HONG KONG.

3)

sir,

나

Downing Street,

13 December, 1930.

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I am &c. to acknowledge

receipt of your letter of the 2nd

of December on the subject of the

treatment of juvenile offenders in

Hong Kong, and to inform you that

the figures quoted in the enclosure

to your letter are correct, except as

regards the number of girls charged

with hawking, which is understood

not

to be 73, instead of 37.

2. The Hansard report of

the debate in the Hong Kong Legislative

Council of the 2nd of October, 1930,

which is referred to in the enclosure

to

Page

Page

9

to your letter, may be consulted

in the Colonial Office Library

Behours of

week-day between 10 a.m. and 1/p.m. or

3 p.m. and

pom. (Saturday 10 am and

1 Potte

As a result of that debate the

Government of Hong Kong appointed a Committee

to consider the constitution of Courts

to deal with juvenile offenders, and this

a

Committee will consider the model Ordinance

on the subject which was sent to all Colonies

after the Colonial Office Conference, 1930.

I am to add that an Industrial

School for Boys is being established in Hong

+hat

Kong by the Salesian Fathers, towarde which

the Government of the Colony has decided to

contribute. Ossist the School.

I am &c.,

(Signed) WALTER D. ELLIS

age 9

age 9