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l„ addition to the penal sections there is provision for the establishment of Rescue homes.
„ , i, om e is known as a Po Leung Kuk. They are established at Singapore, at Penang
Jnt Malacca in the colony at Kuala Lumpur and at Ipoh in the Federated Malay States
^, i Gynffci Patani in Kodan. ihe ^lalacca and Ipoh homos are used as temporary refuses
, That at Kuala Lumpur is a Federal institution and receives girls from all four of the
a ted States. Girls from Johore are accommodated in the Singapore Home.
A table shows 762 admissions, 804 discharges and 305 remaining at the end of the
in these homes.
y The ages of the inmates range from newly horn babies to girls of 19 years.
The department is assisted in the management of these homes by Po Leung Kuk
ommittees of Chinese gentlemen and by ladies’ committees composed of Chinese and European
^Thc Singapore Home is supported partly by public subscription and partly by a
r nmen t contribution. Those at Penang and Malacca are supported entirely by public
h notion but the buildings in each case are maintained by the Government. The Kuala
i nr Ipoh and Kedah homes are supported entirely by the Government.
^The income of the Singapore Home for the year was $25,598.01, including $290.51 brought
• rrl from the previous year. The principal item was the Government contribution of
S'ooO The expenditure amounted to $24,440.41. There was a balance of $1,287.90 at
h rl of the year. The Endowment Fund now stands in the books at $41,113.55.
^The income of the Penang Home was $6,309.93 and the expenditure $7,461.75. The
, vrnen t Fund now stands at $74,560, the interest from which, together with subscriptions
h donations from the public, covers the running costs of the home.
3110 The Malacca Home has a credit balance of $2,430.52, of which $2,000 is invested.
The Kuala Lumpur Home cost $4,827 for the year and the Ipoh Home $1,535.
\11 women and children arriving at the ports of Singapore and Penang are seen by officers
f the department and suspicious cases are detained for enquiry. If a fuller investigation
nnpars to iustifv the action, such women and children may be detailed in the Po Leung Kuk,
flpased under security bond or repatriated to their country of origin. If repatriation is to
Hon? Kon 0- the authorities there are advised of the fact and arrange to meet the repatriates
an arrival In many cases, it is evident that full enquiry can more suitably he conducted
hv an uo-country Protector, and women are in these circumstances “ listed ” to the office
Lest their destination. By a long standing arrangement with certain approved lodging-
houses, these women are invariably produced before the Protector at the office of destination
on the’appropriate date. ™
During the year, the total of security bonds was 593.
B. Children Ordinance and Enactments.
The objects of this Ordinance and of the corresponding Enactments in the Federated
Malay States and the Untederated Malay States are the h .P reventl ® n ° |d Cr , U s defined as “ a
Ireatment of children, and the protection of destitute children. A child is defined
"ThrunltyficentHsTuId to child actors and “ du^g the was 9a
The number of prosecutions under the Ordinance and the Enactments during the
five years was 81.
C. Mui-Tsai Ordinance and Enactments.
The objects of the introduction of Mui-Tsai legislation throughout Malaga
registration of all existing Mui Tsai and to ensure that, a er , are a j s0 prov j s j ons
registers, no unregistered girl should be employed as a 111 ' * , of wages to Mui Tsai
for the return of a Mui Tsai to her parents at her request, payment of wages
and to ensure that a Mui Tsai shall not he ovenvorke or i under the age of 18 years,
A Mui Tsai is defined as an unmarried female domes - acauired either directly
the custody, possession, control or guardianship of w orn ^ pledge for or in settlement
or indirectly, by way of purchase, gift or inheritance. y Y P
There are full-time lady inspectors of Mui Tsai - "’X^ng^pt^Tn^ecror^^iis
is regularly to inspect all Mni Tsai in these Settlements. ! Johore and Kedah is
Malacca. ' Inspection of Mui Tsai in the Federated Malay States JoM'-e ^ ^
undertaken by the Protectors and Assistant Protectors n the vanous
Federated Malay States, by staff nurses of the Medical Department.