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HONG KONG, Aenis. 5, 1933.

SLAVERY

We

to

KOWLOON A HIVE OF

INDUSTRY

NUMEROUS FACTORIES ON THE MAINLAND

are

Silk weaving into cloth is. a, deserving of comment in a record of nascent Kowloon industry. It was its industrial enterprises. quite recently imported from China. in Kowloon it onjoys freedom from labour difficulties such prometod and fostered elsewhere by Communistic influences such as are promoted and fostered elwhere by Communistic influences. It has bean started and operated by Chinese from Shanghai, and is full af promise of success under normal conditions.

multiplied within recent years that So greatly have these industries the Government has seen fit to em- play an inspector of factories, with regulations that ensure the safety of, and hygienic conditions for, the lives of the workers engaged in the factories in Hong Kong and Kow. oon.. Sweated labour, such as is known elsewhere. does not exist in Hong Kong, and the conditions of the working classes may be said to br is good and as free from abuses as anywhere in the world where the interests of the industrial classes call for the protection of their respective Governments.

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Under the paternal and watchful eyes of the British administration such as it exists in Hong Kong, it is unthinkable that industrial abuses can ever be so rife as to call for restrictive measures by the Legis The Chinese, however, have made ature. With the freedom of the very new attempts to secure a port, the justice of its administra- foothold with the industry in Kow-lion, the inexaustable mipply of taken to ensure the safety of work can produce, the absence of any lcon, and every precaution is now, labour that the Chinese inhabitants

ers in these factories. The market burden of heavy taxation in all for firecrackers, as is well known, forms excepting that of a flat rate is & good one in the cities of Cali- of 17 per cent. on rents, and with formin, U.S.A., which import fire-housing conditions that are becom- crackers to the extent of several ing better and better regulated each million dollars worth annually year, and with the demolition of from Hong Kong and South China.ald houses to make room for the

The best cure for an evil is to. supplant it gradually by construe- tive good. The mui tai system is undoubtedly pornicious-one hesitate to call it an evil-yet it has been practised for so long in China that cannot expect abusive criticism affect its demise. According to Chinese morality there is nothing to he ashamed of in adopting the un- wanted daughter of poor parents Firecracker manufacturing has and giving her a home. If she is met with varying success in the made to work hard, she is at least Colony. A few years ago American Etter fed and treated than she interests actually went to the extant would be in her, own home, and in of erecting a factory in the Homun Inspixtablo families the miti tsai is tin district. It was overtaken by disaster when a terrific explosion even showa a little affection by her

took place, attended by a number mistress. In every country thereof casualtion among the Chinose ure bnd women and cruel woinen women and girls working in the and it is these who open the mi factory. It has not been restarted tani system to abuse by subjecting | since. the girls to every form of indignity and suffering. Yet the instances of ruelty which are published in the papers are the exception rather than the rule, and one seldom hears of the kindness with which many mui tai are treated. Not long ago some Chinese girls were "res ened" from slavery in Hong Kong and were ordered by the local officials to be sent back to their parents in Canton. Instand of being overjoyed at their freedom,

working classes in healthier sur Knitting Factories, these girls were terrified at the

roundings-industries in Hong cotton Kong and Kowloon are bound to prospect of returning to the sordid Knitting factories for and brutal surroundings

from underwear and socks are widely find a foothold that must, in the which they had been bought, and, distributed in various districts of end, reward the enterprise of Kowloon. They are of such a papitalists" They are found among falling on their knees, kow-towed nature that small capitalists are both Europeans and Chinese, whe to the officials, and, with tears in enabled to start factories with the are mutually confident of each their eyes begged them not to send engagement, of a number of Chinese other; and, with confidence and re- them back. Incidents like these women and girie. Not all these ciprocal faith, joint capital is subs rather, incline one to the opinion factories are housed in buildingscribed not only for the promotion that it is not always safe to inter-socially designed as factories, but of new industries, but also for the fere with an old custom or abolish in their aggregate they are suffi- it without leaving something to ciently important to make the take its place. The sad part about knitting industry in the Colony one these cases of repatriated muř tani is that nobody knows or cares what happens to them when they leave their mistresses. Once they have left the Colony the Goverrunent officials are satisfied that their work is done and that the fair name of Hong Kong has been heightened by one mu tea the less. Yet we are morally respon- sible for the consequences of the reforms we introduce, and we can- not escape that responsibility. It is not enough to sweep an evil from one place if by so doing we create a worse evil elsewhere. If we are convinced that the mui tenz system is wicked and that these girls must be rescued at all costs, then we must carry the matter far- ther and ensure that the girls are properly protected and cared for when they have been liberated from service.

In Kowloon a courageous attempt

to solve this problem has been made by forming Girl Guide Company of mui tani girls. They aro taught new principles and ideals which completely alter their outlook on life and give them hope and self-respect. Life, no longer

weary, vista of slavery and neg lect, becomes full of promise and they are confident to face the future frankly and unafraid. This is constructive reform and it is far likelier to influence the decay of the mui taai system than the severe and clumsy policy that Home enthusiaste would have us 'pursue. If a custom is in accord with a people's ideals it on never seem wrong to them, in order to change what is wrong we must first seek to change the ideals. Such

cannot be uprooted suddenly, it will take long and patient years of education, and example before the ordinary people of Ching Can be brought to realise that the un- wanted: daughter bas just as great a value as the son who may-turn dit bol be su gate

ST: ANDREW'S CHURCH

CALENDAR AND NOTICE

FOR EASTER -

Wednesday, April 5.-Litany, Pray-

ors and Meditation, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6-St. Andrew's

fostering of older ones, promising expansion with the growth and. greater prosperity of the Colony.

BEGGAR MURDERED

IN SHATIN

TWO MENDICANTS WANTED!!

" BY POLICE

A beggar was found murdered in Shatin on Monday, and as a result all mendicants in the Calony bé. tween the ages of 25 and 45 are being rounded up by the police with a view to checking their move mente during that time.

Club Discussion Class, & p.m. Subject, Love and Marriage." Opener, Rey. W. W, Rogers Sunday, April -Palm Sunday.

11 a.m. Preacher-The Vicar. The murdered man 18. Chan Subject, An Inevitable Conflict"

Shing, aged about 40 years, de- 6. Preacher-Rey. A D.scribed as a mendicant. He was

Stewart.

found dead in a disused gangora' Monday, April 10.-Musical Lecture Hut along the railway lins near the by Rev. E. C. H. Tribbeck one milestone, in the Shatin district. i There were two severe wounds, one Monday, April 10 Holy Com-on each side of the neck, as well

munion, 7.a.m Tuesday, April 1Holy

munion, 7am.

Peer Gynt:"

A

Wednesday, April 12-Holy

munion, 7.a.m.

ds several small cuts on the fac Com- and hands....

Two mendicante, La Bang, 30 Com-stated to be a mendicant-songster

Tuesday, April 11:-Mothers' Union,

2,45 p.in. Thursday, April 13.- Maundy

Thursday.

The Choir will render Strainer's

Crucifixion" at 9 p.m." A Celebration of Holy Com-

munion will follow. Friday, April 14-Good Friday.

11am. Three Hours Serviced Saturday, April 16-Easter Even

song, 6 p.m.

and Li B, 40, bathi natives of Wal;

chow, are "wanted" by the police

on suspicion in connexion with the crime. It is believed that both men knew the deceased bad thred- or four dollars in his possession; but a search of the body revealed "no money.

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UNION CHURCH

The second anniversary of Union Church, Kowloon, will by celebrat.

Sunday, April 18.-Buster Day card on Sunday next when special |

7.16 am. Holy Communion 8.15 8. Holy Communion 11a.m. Morning Prayer and Holy

Commation

Preacher The Vidaf. Subject, Love Triumphant." 3pm.Young People's Service:

Sermon, Predeler The Bishop of Victoris. Sunday, April 23—1st Sunday after

Easter!

Wednesday, April Aniluas meet

ing of British and Forbigh Bible Codely it Halcha Mar Institute Hong Kong, Ted., 4.25, 5.m.

services in the morning and evening will be conducted by the Minister, the Rev. Dr. E. L. Allen, After the evening service their will, bea congregational supper, followed by an organ, recital by Mre, Frank Short. Suitable anthems will be

Schroeder will play a vitlin solo

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Meeting: 5.00, biz Sunday, Apfil, 30.

after Easter Confirmation Berviseje

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