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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

HONGKONG MUI TSAI

ANNUAL MEETING OF SOCIETY FOR

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

19, 1934.

great debt of thanks. There is no better cause for their activitios.. It Is a thing that is attræeling the at- tontion of a great, many countries to-day and it in a fact, though it may not be well-known, it is one of the principal activities of the League, of Nations.

More Facilities

I can say what I said last year that there is, fortunately, no evi-

POSITION OF ADOPTED DAUGHTERS dence of wilful cruelty in this Colony

The fifth annual meeting of the Hongkong Society for the Protection of Children took place at the Helena May Institute yesterday, when the report and accounts, which have already been published, were adopted.

His Excellency the Governor referred feelingly to the poverty at the bottom of most cases which came before the Society, and said poverty was also responsible for the poor housing which was the best that many parents could afford.

The Government was still confronting the problem of the mui trai and were ready to act in the more delicate matter of adopted daughters, should it be found that mut taai were being kept under this designation.

at any rate very little. The mis- fortunes of children can be attribut ed almost entirely to ill-health and poverty but there is more accom- modation in hospitals now and wo have established 'one or two infant welfare contres and contemplate ca tablishing more. As Mr. Lo and Dr. Kotewall have said, the new infant welfare centro at Wanchai has prov ed a great success as also has that on the mainland.

Owing to the generosity of Noma Chinese friends, who are building a permanent infant welfare centre in Wanchal, which will be handed over to the Government upon completion, we hope it may be possible by next year, if not certainly the year after, for un to be able to transfer the rost of the rented premises in Wan- chai to similar promises in the West- ern part of the town. The Govern ment have already acquired. a, con- siderable piece of land on which to establish a health centre in the West, but unfortunately our finances have not permitted us to start building there.

The Kowloon centre, I understand in doing very well and' in this con- nection our thanks are due to the Sisters of the Precious Blood Con vent, whose institution I visited some months ago, when I was greatly atruck by the work and voluntary of that hostitution." Barvices of the doctors, and others

II. E. Sir William Peel, presided, welfare of more than 2,000 children, and others present were: Mr. M. K. The number of now casen exceeded Lo (Chairman of the Society). Mr. the corresponding figure for the pre- G. P. de Martin (Vice-Chairman), vimza year by 42. These figures do Sir Thomas and Lady Southorn, the not indicate the volume of work which lion. Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Kotowall, has been carried out by the Society, The Hon. Dr. 6. W. Teo, the Hon for when wo add to them those cases Sir William Shenton, the Hon. Mr. which were under supervision at the we find T. N. Chau, Sir William Hornell, end of the previous year, Mrs. Middleton Smith, Mrs. A. Hicks, thab the Society's officers have had Mr. S. V Boxer Mr. M. A. Cooper, to deal with a total of nearly 1,500 year. While Wo Dr. G. R. Nanh, Mrs. L O. Hunter, cases during Mre. W. D. A. Moore, Miss Elliot, cannot but deplore the acute dia- Mr. W. Schofield, Professor and Mrs. tross which has been revealed in the L. Forster, Dr. E. W. Kirk, Mr. R. vast majority of the year's new cases, C. H. Lim, Mr. Mok Kon-sang, Mr. members have good reason to feel a that Ng Wah, Mr. Tang Shlu-kin, Mr. T. certain amount of satisfaction M. Hazolrigg, Mr. A. McKellar, Mr. their Society has been able to afford Kwak Chan, air. J. M. Wong, Mr. relief to so many of the Colony's J. T. Prior, Mr. Ho Kom-tong, Mr. poorest and most helpless children.

The main factor at work In no I. R. Campbell, Mr. J. L. MacPher. It is virtually impossible for us to

doubt that of poverty and for that non, Mr. M. H. Lo, Mr. Li Hoi-tung, appreciate what is, involved

I have been unable to find a remedy. Mr. A. el Arculli, Rev. H. R. Wells, attempt to keep body and soul to-

Housing conditions in this Colony Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan, Mr. F. 1.gether on less than 33 a month, and Kwok, Mr. Peter Sin, Mr. J. Russell, not until the standard of earnings are dua more to the economic factor

to bad houses Dr. L. Shu Fan, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Wong among the vast majority of the un- of poverty than

though great many do exist. Kwong Tin, Mr. J. M. Alver, Au-skilled manual workers Jutant Dorothy Brazier and Capt.lony shows material improvement will Many new houses have been built bet a large number lie vacant owing to Doris Lemmon (Salvation Army) and the Society be able to feel that the the fact that the poverty of our in- habitants do not permit them to pay

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from the neighbouring countries which makes the Colony's burden much greater, and because of this we are very dependent on the society for such help as can be given to the children of the Colony: Money in essential and I make a strong ap- peat not only to those who have and Kenerously helped in the past will continue to help, but to those

magnitudo of its problem in diminish- After His Excellency had proposed Ing. The clearanca of the Colony' the rent that are asked for thern. the adoption of the report, Mr. M. Congested alum areas, the K. Lo scconded the motion.

ment of many of tho existing tone- He said that their thanks were due menta by a modern and better had postponed an engagement which with sanitary conveniences, and the would have clashed with the Society's provision of more open spaces, are meeting, and had expressed his In-improvements for which the Soclety terest in the movement so keenly appeals and must continue to appeal, because they are of vital importance sponsored in Italy.

to the health of the community. But Falthough slum clearance may be tackled successfully, the problem of Mr. Lo continuing, said: I under-avercrowing will to a large extent atom that Mr. Boxer will. in due remain until earnings are high enough course, express the gratitude of the to enable the unskilled labourer to Society to His Excellency the Gover-spend a large suns on rent, and he is nor for his unfailing interest in and not likely to do that until he has support of the Society, and I naturally increased his expenditure on food and do not wish in any way to encroach clothing for himself and his family. upon Mr. Boxer's province. But

Change of Attitude speaking as the retiring

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who have not yet

even considered the question; for I cannot belleve that anyone who could afford to give help to such a causo en possibly refrain from doing so.

The account shows a deficit on last year's work and I hope at the end of the coming year it will be turn- ed into warplur. I should like to offer my thanks on behalf of the Colony and the Government to those institutions which have given much great assistance to the Government Much дя the St. Louis Industrial School, the St. John Ambulance Bri- gade and the Convents, who had done more than most people realise behalf of the poor of the Colony. 1 should like to congratulate Lady Sonthorn and the Women's Auxiliary for the good start she has made and for the monetary help lo the Society.

on

Mu Tsai Problem Our thanke are due to this Society (5.P.C.) and its officers who have given the Government help In the mui tai problem. The crities of the mui trai are not no vocal as they were because they realise that the to battle with this subject. The mui Government has done a great denl tai system, as I see It, is not al led to the saving of the lives of together bad, as it has undoubtedly

have died owing to the poverty of many children who would otherwise their parents. At the same time t has its defects and has to go.

of the Executive Committee of thej

One of the most striking facts Society, I feel I must allude to une brought hame to the Society's off aspect of the work of His Excellency eers in the changing attitude of the and Lady Peel in the interests of the Chinese poor towards surgical treat- well-being of the Colony,

ment. The old view was that how- In their Report tho Committee pitals were to be entered only ann have referred with gratitude and last resort, and a surgeon was re- thanks to the much welcomed financial garded by the ignorant with dread assistance rendered by the Women's and even suspicion. The explanation Auxiliary. I should like to state that for this is largely historical, Front this useiol Body was entirely due to time immemorial the Chinese have the creativo genius and organising used only to medical, nis ability of that tireless 'social worker, tinet from xurgical, trentinrut. To Lady Southurn, and on behalf of the day, however, their change of atti- Society tender to her and to the tide in this respect is becoming more other kind ladies of the Auxillary, our marked. Cases are frequently com- grateful thanks,

ing to our notice of the patheile faith in the power of the surgeon on the part of Chinere of the poorer classes who have submitted themselves to It is a matter for deep regret that surgical operations. As an instances the result of our year's working has of a field in which I believe the poor shown a deficit of over $2,000. I would welcome an extension of faci earnestly appeal for increased putities. I would mention that of the ite support. I know times are hardeys mirgen. Acute eye disease and But in making this appeal, I would blindness are terrible handicaps, and invite the public to try to have a vivid know that some of the Society's mental picture of the work of the officera who have been privileged to Society, and of the appailing con-see something of the voluntary work sequencen if the Society were forced which is being lone in Kowloon, by lack of Baancial support to dis have been deeply impressed by the continue its activities. Every year, way in which scores of poor chil hundreds of children, subject at birthdren and young persons, as well as to the disadvantages inherent in adults, wait for hours in order tgistered mei taas in the Colony. To having been born in poverty, would, present themselves to the eye sur- eradicate or discover them would but for our Society, succumb to var-igeon in whom they repose great faith. probably necessitate four diseases as

louse a direct cause of, It is most encouraging to be niso

house inspection involving consider maltrilion or even semi-starvation,nule to report the steadily increas-able vexation and expense. Inspec which, if they do not prove intal, stunting influence of the trained Chinese ters are doing what they can and their growth and development, and nurses on the mothers. An Import the Courts are imposing heavier deprive them of any chance of being ant reason for this is the desire ones, able to adjust themselves to their en-I might almost say the passion-of

In case there are loopholes I Have vironment in this competitive world. the younger generation of Chinese recently appointed a committee ander Surely the ever generous public of for education in some form or other, the chairmanship of Mr. F. II. Hongkong cannot and will not allow Greater and greater attention is be- Loneby, whose Interest in children the humano work of our Society tong, paid by these mothers to the

you are all aware, to see if any fur- be restricted and handicapped by inck advice given them by the nurses: ther improvement can be made. of funds.

especially is this the case in connec- With reference to "adopted daugh- I should like to say how delightedtion with such all-important matters ters" this is a delicate and difficult we are to have Mr. Hazlerigg back as cleanliness, feeding and the gen-subject and we have always held the with again. Infant welfare werk gal care of children. Every avall view that so long as there is no avi- in general, and the Society's activlable opportunity is taken at the vari-dence of abuse there is no need to tles In particular, absorb all his branches of the Society to in- register much; but if it should ap spare time and abundant energy, and struct the mothers in the elementary pear that mui tauts are being kept it will indeed be a and day for the need only pay a visit the Gov-ters, the Government would have no principles of child welfare; ami one

under the guise of adopted daugh Society, and for the Colony, when we have to be deprived of his sage Wanchai or to that in Kowloon to gistering.

ernment Infant Welfare Centre in hesitation in insisting upon their re counsel and unobstrusive guidance and advice.

appreciate, how excellent an invest- Bofore I sit down, I wish to endorsement these Centres are.

and reiterate

there are a great number of unre- I am also prepared to balleve that

to

Salvation Army Upon the question of Juvenile Of

our gratitude to the I now move that the Report and fenders, the Government is indebt- Honorary Directors, Messrs. Boxer and Arcounts for the past year be adopted to Bir. Hazlerigg for drawing up

Cooper, and the various Honorary Branch Secretaries and Inspectors for their valuable work, and to tender my personal thanks to all the members

tian.

President's Absence

N.

Genuine Sympathy

the necessary legislation in connec tion with it I visited the male Juvenile home some months ago and it seemed to be going woll.” Some dificulty was experienced in arrang ing for a Juvenile Female Home, but thanks to the help and support of

H.E. the Governor: Before I put of the Executive Committee over the motion to the meeting, I should which I have had the honour and like in the first place to thank Dr. privilege to prealde during the past Kotowall and Mr. Lo for the some- year, for thefr.services and co-opera-what undeserved, oupluism they the Salvation Army we have been have passed in favour of my wife able to provide a Home for thein as and myself in connection with the well, work of this Socioty, and I can only The report and accounts were then The Ilon. Dr. Kotewall said; Your wish we had done more to deserve put to the meeting and was unanim Excellency, ladies and gentlemen-it. What little we had done has ously adopted, " My first and very pleasing duty is to been dond with genuine sympathy Mr. G. P. de Martin proposed and express to Your Excellency our deep for the poor children of Hongkong. Mr. I. C, H, Lim seconded the re- appreciation of the honour you have (Applause.)

olection of the patrons, His Excel- done us by presiding once more at:

lency the Governor and Lady Pool; our Annual General Meeting.

Many New Cases

I have read this very comprehen- the President Sir Shousen Chau; and sive report and in common with you the vice-Presidents. all have found it somewhat depress ing. There is no doubt, I think, Kolewall, the name of Lady Southern At the suggestion of the Hon. Dr. The Society's Afth annual report that. It has set out the worst con- was added non vice-President.. and staterment of accousta havo al ditions that exist in the Colony. ready been circulated, and

"The general and executive extracts Unfortunately it in a fact that those mittees were re-elected on the motion from the Report have been published conditions do exist There is no of Mr. Cooper and a vote of thanks

in the Press, so that I do not intend doubt that the principal factor is ta. do more than speak briefly that of poverty. few aspects of the Society's work.

The report shows that much time You will have noticed that during and money has been spent, by the past year the Society has dealt number of individuals for the Society with 960 now cases affecting the and to them the Society owes

com-

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oming, the hen, authors was pass

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