CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931 — Page 35

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have come in so freely that more than three-

fourths of this sum has been raised in the

space of a few months. The Government has

contributed free of cost a large and

valuable site on the outskirts of the city.

The new building will be in every respect

more suitable for its purpose than the old.

It will provide accommodation for more

inmates and will be capable of extension

if this should prove necessary.

14. The transfer of a mui tsai to a

brothel in Hong Kong could not now be effected, as

the fact that the girl was a registered mui tsai

could hardly be concealed from the Government

officials who interview all girls who

wish to become inmates of brothels.

As

regards the transfers made in the past of

mui tsai from Hong Kong to the Straits

Settlements, it is provided by the Hong

Kong Regulations that every employer must

report any intended removal of a mui tsai

from

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