CHILD SLAVERY
—*— COMMISSION TO HONGKONG. v - , RUGfi'Y, Wednesday. Iu a House, of. Coipmons answer the Colonial Secretary, .M#' J- Hi Thomas, announced the appointment of a commission consisting of Sir Wilfred Woods, late Fihan'eiall; Secretary in Ceyiori, Miss Picktoiri Turberville and Mr C. A: Willis]' ; late of the Sudan Civil Service, to visit Hongkong and Malaya to investigate the Mui Tsai problem and make-recommendations. —• (British Wireless,); os.tb Mui Tsai is a form of slavery ■ disguised under the name of “adoption” of children. It was rife in Hongkong several years ago, and the Anti-Slavery Society laboured successfully for its abolition: Now it would appear that the system has broken out again.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 March 1936, Page 5
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110CHILD SLAVERY Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 March 1936, Page 5
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