CO129-536-2 Recruitment of Chinese labourers for Samoa 26-5-1931 - 29-1-1932 — Page 25

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by the Hong song Government

could prevent such abuses.

If

labourers in China are persuaded that

there are good chances of employment

being obtained in Hong Kong,it would

be very difficult for the Hong

Kong Govt to prevent their

coming to the Colony without strict

control of immigration into the

Colony which, even if practicable,

would not be considered desirable

for this limited object. Mr. Thomas

is rather inclined to think that, if

the alleged abuses do in fact exist,

they

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the result of the attractions

held out by recruiting agents

in China itself, and should, therefore,

be dealt with by the Chinese authorities.