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or neglected" During the past twelve months the Salvation Army has opened a Home for this purpose among others. The scheme for the removal of the Po Leung Kuk
to a more suitable site has already made considerable
headway; plans have been prepared for a building estimated
to cost about $150,000; and subscriptions have come in so freely that more than three quarters of this sum has been
raised in the space of a few months. The Government with
Your Lord ship's concurrence 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 accommodat- ion for more inmates and will be capable of extension if this should prove necessary.
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I find it somewhat difficult to follow
the reasoning in the later paragraphs of this letter. The writers appear to feel something akin to disappoint- ment on hearing that mui-t sai in general appear to be well-nouri shed. But surely this fact is relevant. Recent legislation has defined beyond doubt the position and rights of a mui-tsai and the duties of her employers; and the only matter now in dispute is the question of her treatment as an individual. The opinion of an officer who has seen and spoken to over four thousand of these girls should I feel carry considerable weight. That cases of ill-treatment have occurred is not disputed and every effort is made to have the offenders severely dealt with; but ill-treatment of children is unfortunately not unknown in other countries than China. I will only add that it is by no means unusual for "Chinese children to apply to
British men for release".
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