The Anti-''Mui Tsai'' Society was an organisation founded in 26 March 1922 dedicated to abolishing the ''
Mui-tsai'' system (akin to child slavery) in
colonial Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British ...
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Background
Influence
The Anti-Mui Tsai Society marked the increasing social activism of Chinese Christians and labour unions in colonial Hong Kong.
Its opponents included the
Society for the Protection of the Mui Tsai, which was backed by prominent merchants in the Chinese community, including
Lau Chu Pak,
Ho Fook and
Ho Kum Tong.
In popular culture
* ''
Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles
''Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles'' is a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Chong Wai-kin. The drama follows the lives of a large, rich, and influential Chinese family living i ...
'' (), a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)
See also
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Mui Tsai
''Mui tsai'' (), which means "little sister"Yung, ''Unbound Feet'', 37. in Cantonese, describes young Chinese women who worked as domestic servants in China, or in brothels or affluent Chinese households in traditional Chinese society. The young ...
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Anti-Mui Tsai Activism Anti-Mui Tsai Activism is efforts to abolish the Mui Tsai system. Mui Tsai () describes Chinese women, entering the system from a young age, who worked as domestic servants in China, or in brothels or affluent Chinese households in traditional Chin ...
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Society for the Protection of the Mui Tsai
References
Further reading
* https://books.google.com/books?id=VcndjbdTUBYC
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* Episode 8 – Anti-Mui Tsai Movement 2010-01-06 http://programme.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/programme.php?p=4639&d=2010-01-06&e=102369&m=episode
History of Hong Kong
Organisations based in Hong Kong
Organizations established in 1922
Abolitionism in Asia
1922 establishments in Asia
1922 in Hong Kong
Abolitionist organizations
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