Mr, J. H. Thomas answered his fit question as Colonial Secretary in the House of Commons to-day when the ubject of the "mui-tsai" (slave girls) in Hongkong and Malaya was raised.
Mr, Thomas said that the report of the Hongkong Committee had already been published in the Colony. He ded that despatch had. been received from the Governor of Malaya, stating hat, in future, hie reports would be amplified, containing fuller information and. giving the umbers of "mul-teal™ sri Bflaya.—
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