CO129-533-10 Position of prostitution in Hong Kong 16-1-1931 - 19-9-1931 — Page 5

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∙able type of young woman who is largely

denationalized, &

x/dust this cigar. that they could be got rid of

went vicle mye by degrees, by stopping

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the melyet

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entris.

The Britich soldier has given up beer & taken to

gocoa, so

I do not au why he on? not in -time be lured into the path of vielix, but immediate & drastic action we head to a great out. -burso

of

illicit brothels 4 possibly a certain amount

we sh

this : the Unoffeest of crime (rape etc.), so

murals in the

have to go warily & in close consultation with the mi

military

Straits corrftainet ff this ; liv. Velirl

not mi

any figures

in repput of

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to regards the purely Chines houses, the position is not in the least straight forward. Any. -one who has lived in Hong Kong will agree that nothing w. be easier or, from the point of -

view

Dis.

of thegirls themselves, more -astrous than to drive the whole thing undugaound. The final class bobels are the most dis. -ficult problen of all. The inmates tough, in Mr. Woods words, they do not lead the life of vestal virgins, are not pio. -miscuous; in fact thy are more of the social status of superior chorus girls in Bir country & the houses to a cu. -tain extent act as matrons-

win! agencies for marrying off theis inmates as secondary wives to rich Chinese. The ladies'

engely derived from fees for attending dinner parties, where they serve to a

incomes are

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