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Accommodation was needed until the girls could be repatriated. There were others who had no one in China to receive them and they needed to be cared for until proper arrangements could be made for their future.
The Tung Wah Hospital, however, agreed to make room for them, but, as a Government report states: "There were no arrangements for the separation of the older from the younger girls, and no attempt at education, and the girls were, not unnaturally, a cause of annoyance to the Tung Wah Hospital patients."
The proposal for a hostel for children and young women, "who have been rescued from a life of infamy and vice," was not adopted as a jubilee memorial. The discussion, however, prompted the Tung Wah to build five houses on New Street nearby the hospital.
The top floors of the houses were to be used as a home for the girls and women and the ground and first floors were to be let as shops and residences. The Po Leung Kuk had anticipated that the rent income would be handed to them for the expenses of the hostel. Instead, the Government decided they should be paid to the general fund of the Government treasury.
The Po Leung Kuk refused to occupy the quarters. It claimed they were not suitable and that the Kuk had no funds for their maintenance. It was also reluctant to sever connections with the Tung Wah Hospital for it had been underwriting some of the Kuk's expenses.
Tung Wah also featured in another proposal. There was a need for an institution for the poor. This would relieve the hospital from being used as a temporary refuge for them.
None of these schemes was greeted with much enthusiasm by the expatriate community because they would be of benefit to the Chinese only. And the Chinese when they came to consider their own jubilee memorial did not choose a charitable institution but settled for a meeting hall for a Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
The proposed park scheme, which had been adopted at the
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Accommodation was needed until the girls could be repatri- ated. There were others who had no one in China to receive them and they needed to be cared for until proper arrangements could be made for their future.
The Tung Wah Hospital, however, agreed to make room for them, but, as a Government report states: "There were no arrange- ments for the separation of the older from the younger girls, and no attempt at education, and the girls were, not unnaturally, a cause of annoyance to the Tung Wah Hospital patients.”
The proposal for a hostel for children and young women, “who have been rescued from a life of infamy and vice," was not adopt- ed as a jubilee memorial. The discussion, however, prompted the Tung Wah to build five houses on New Street nearby the hospital.
The top floors of the houses were to be used as a home for the girls and women and the ground and first floors were to be let as shops and residences. The Po Leung Kuk had anticipated that the rent income would be handed to them for the expenses of the hostel. Instead, the Government decided they should be paid to the general fund of the Government treasury.
The Po Leung Kuk refused to occupy the quarters. It claimed they were not suitable and that the Kuk had no funds for their maintenance. It was also reluctant to sever connections with the Tung Wah Hospital for it had been underwriting some of the kuk's expenses.
Tung Wah also featured in another proposal. There was a need for an institution for the poor. This would relieve the hospital from being used as a temporary refuge for them.
None of these schemes was greeted with much enthusiasm by the expatriate community because they would be of benefit to the Chinese only. And the Chinese when they came to consider their own jubilee memorial did not choose a charitable institution but settled for a meeting hall for a Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
The proposed park scheme, which had been adopted at the
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