CO129-533-10 Position of prostitution in Hong Kong 16-1-1931 - 19-9-1931 — Page 26

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to take

ry desirable action should be taken in

regard to certain aspects of the problem in

I share Lord advance of the Commission's Report. | Pass field's risus in this respect.

1«eonsider it most desirable that

3. Unless you are satisfied that there are

I msides that insuperable local objections,/Hong Kong

should be brought into 1 ine with Ceylon

and Malaya, where a brothel system forme rly

tolerated and recognised by Government has

now been abolished with results which

have every appearance of being satisfactory.

I am advised that expert medical opinion

longer

such a

•

ary

no views the system as providing real

safeguard against the spread of venereal

disease, and that the abolition of

tolerated houses in Ceylon and Malaya

has not led to any increase in

the

of the disease in (pection.)

incidence. The recognition by a Covernment

of prostitution, the issue to women

of what are to all intents and purposes

permits to practice it in tolerated

tor grant of

houses, and permits to keep such houses,

A

are repugnent to public opinion in this

country