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} officers have done excellent work and before the end of the
year had visited all addresses registered in Hong Kong and
Kowloon. The visits paid by the lady inspectors have
been much appreciated by both the muitsai and their
employers.
The registers have been carefully checked, but
unfortunately this has shown that many employers have moved
without notifying their changes of address.
Some of the
new addresses have been found, and in the remaining cases
every effort will be made to trace the new addresses.
11.
From the evidence available, registered muitsai
seem to be generally well-treated. In some cases
employers have made complaints on their behalf against
third parties. In others, where a muitsai has desired to
find other employment, employers have allowed them to stay
with them until such other employment has been found.
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Finally, there have been a number of instances in
which muitsai have been very unwilling to leave their
employers, even though the latter have been unable to
assume further responsibility for them. One girl attempted
to follow her employer to Canton, after the latter's
departure from the Colony.
On their side, however, muitsai have not always
been so satisfactory, and employers have had occasion to
report thefts or other forms of serious misconduct on the
part of their muitsai.
12. The legislation in its present form is working
satisfactorily, though some slight amendment may be
desirable to meet the case of bona fide travellers who are
merely passing through the Colony.
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