CO129-539-4 Mui Tsai system 28-6-1932 - 28-11-1932 — Page 106

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

NATIONAL UNION OF SOCIETIES FOR EQUAL CITIZENSHIP

4, Great Smith Street, Westminster, S. W. 1.

Dear Sir,

6th May, 1932.

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With regard to the deputation which Sir Philip

Cunliffe-Lister has been good enough to agree to receive on

Tuesday next, I beg to enclose, as promised, the list of

subjects which the deputation desires to lay before the

Colonial Secretary.

1. Mui Tsai.

The present position of the Mui Tsai question in

Hong Kong, with special reference to the question of whether

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adoption of girl children is being made an excuse for evasion

of the law with regard to Mui Tsai and whether fresh legisla-

tion or regulations are required to deal with this

difficulty.

2. Status of Coloured Women

The question of the condition and status of coloured

women in certain of the Crown Colonies etc. in Africa; with

special reference to the Report, Colonial Paper No.65, and

to the question of whether the various constructive

suggestions

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