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unregistered muitsai is punishable by law.
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Some foreigners suspect that cumming rogues
use the name of adopted daughter to cloak the fact
But in actual fact the status
of a kept muit sai.
of an adopted daughter differs widely from that of
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a muitsai
mother and daughter, in the other, it is that of employer and servant. Their work is not the same, and their
education is different. The adopted daughter takes
In the one case the relation is that of
the surname of her adopter, the muitsai retains her
own surname. The points of difference are well-marked and easily discerned. Moreover, in recent year s Hong Kong has closely organized the means of preventing such abuses. Day after day the Society for the Protection of Children enquires and investigates,
and in the Secretariat for Chine se Affairs there are
male and female inspectors who look to the welfare of the young and weak. Should there be any persons so bold as to have no fear for the law and to use
the name of adopted daughter to cloak the fact of keeping a muitsai, surely it will be difficult for them to e scape punishment by the law.
The Government constant ly directs its wise rule towards beneficient protection of the young, and receives not a little help there to from good citizens. We may claim a more accurate knowledge of local conditions, and in philanthropy and succour of the helpless we
dare not lag behind others. In whatever way there is good to be furthered or evil to be banished, we have loyally given you our views, in some slight
fulfilment of our duty.
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