CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931 — Page 81

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Protection of Children Society, and various other reliable

correspondents are deliberately lying.

You must be aware that one cadet, and one cadet

only, has been appointed as addition to the staff of the

Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Hong Kong, and we therefore

wonder how you dare stand up in the House of Commons in your

responsible position, and suggest that the obviously big work

of inspection, control and remuneration can be carried out in

these circumstances.

mui tsai dealt with are almost entirely those which are brought

Complaints Lo to the notice of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by the Police,

A by the Anti-Mui Tsai Society, by other informers, and in a

limited number of cases by the girls themselves, and not by

Government inspectors.

The actual facts are that the cases of

As, however, you state that inspection has been

carried out in its entirety, we invite you to give details of

any such inspection, how many inspectors have been appointed, the date of their appointment, whether they include any women, and why no mention is made of these inspectors, (if they exist), in the Governor's 6 monthly Reports ?

We also challenge you to produce any evidence of

any scheme to ensure that remuneration of mui tsai is being

enforced. We trust you will not reply that these questions

are covered by an Ordinance, for we have already had sufficient