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siderable, and our Committee would appreciate being
informed what steps the Hong Kong Government propose to
take, in order to meet such difficulty.
In addition to the foregoing, we venture to urge
that a very much closer watch should be kept upon the
transfer of Mui Tsai to the registered Brothels of Hong
Kong. We note that it is frequently denied in official
correspondence that such incidents occur upon any considerable
scale. The least we can say upon this is that the evidence
is very conflicting, and in our view does not tend to con-
firm the official statement that Mui Tsai are not so
transferred.
Indeed, if reference is made to the case of
the sale of a girl on or about 30th September last, it
will be found that the girl in question (a Mui Tsai) appealed.
to a man to redeem her, because she feared she was about to
be transferred to a Brothel.
We are receiving representations that a considerable
number of Mui Tsai are taken from Hong Kong to the Straits
Settlements and other territories for sale, and we are happy
to note that the Government of the Straits Settlements has
also
issued a warning forbidding this practice. We trust it may
be possible for the Hong Kong Government/to issue a further
warning against this in Hong Kong itself, and thus reinforce
the action of the Government of the Straits Settlements.
We have the honour to be, My Lord,
Your humble and obedient Servants,
Travers Buxlãn
Hon. Secretary.
den testamis
Parliamentary Secretary.
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