APPENDIX 12
(See paragraphs 8 and 67)
ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN
FIGURES OF CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED IN RECENT YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
Sex-ratio boys per 100 girls
1958-59
34
174
208
19.5%
1966-67
22
21
43
104.7%
1967-68
28
*
25
53
112%
1968-69
14
19
33
73.9%
APPENDIX 13
(See paragraph 67)
ADOPTION ORDINANCE (CAP 290)
FIGURES OF LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN RECENT YEARS
Applications for adoption pending on
1 April
***
Applications received during the year ...
Adoption Orders made by the Supreme
Court during the year* Applications refused by Court Applications withdrawn or cancelled
-་*
Total number of cases disposed
of during the year
1958-59
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
95
139
153
243
121 216
147 286
206 359
270 513
84
107
101
213
2
35
26
15
43
***
121
133
116
256
Applications pending at end of year
95
153
243
257
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
1958-59 1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
Abandoned children
23
16
14
18
Illegitimate children
4
3
5
4
Adoptions by private arrangement
37
85
70
172
Legalization of Chinese customary
adoptions
20
3
12
19
64
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