CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931 — Page 44

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(5) Registered mui tsai, E.36

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LING CHAU SIM (K) aged 15 years of 7 Gresson Street, 1st floor. She looks

after the children of the family, is paid an average of $1.50 a month, has saved about $10, gets plenty of food and clothing from her employer and eats with the family. She usually gets up about 7 a.m. and goes to bed at 9.30

She is being educated at the Yik Tsz School where

she attends night classes from 7-9 p.m. She is very happy

with her employer and would prefer to stay with her rather

than anyone else.

p.m.

(6) Registered mui tsai, E.175 - AU HOP HEUNG (

AU HOP HEUNG (1) aged 15 years of 292 Lockhart Road, 3rd floor. She has been ten years with her employer, washes, cooks and looks

after the children, but does not consider she is overworked.

She has three meals a day which she has with the family. She

is paid $1.00 a month and at the same time is credited by

her employer and without her knowledge with 50 cents per

month. Out of the sums paid to her she has saved about $10.

Some of her money she spends on clothes, though she gets necessary clothing from her employer. She seems to be

happier with her employer than she would be with her own

parents who visit her occasionally.

(7) Registered mui tsai, R.1989 - HO TUNG HO ( 243) aged

9 years of 149 Queen's Road East, 2nd floor. Her employer's

husband was a tea merchant, whose business recently went

bankrupt. He and all his family, including the girl left

Hong Kong for Canton about seven months ago.

(關東菊

(8) Registered mui tsai, 150 W. KWAN TUNG KUK)

aged 16 years of 284 Des Voeux Road West, 2nd floor.

The employer, with her whole family and the girl left Hong

Kong

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