In 1878, a group of local Chinese in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
presented a petition to the Governor of Hong Kong,
John Pope Hennessy
Sir John Pope Hennessy (; 8 August 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius.
Early life
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, to set up the
Po Leung Kuk to rescue the kidnapped victims. The main objective of Po Leung Kuk is to care for the young and protect the innocent.
The Kuala Lumpur Po Leung Kuk Committee was established in 1895 under the administration of Mrs. Daly.
See also
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Po Leung Kuk
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Singapore Po Leung Kuk The Singapore Po Leung Kuk ( zh, s=保良局) was an institution in Singapore for women and girls who were victims of forced prostitution. The Po Leung Kuk was established by the Chinese Protectorate in 1888, after a similar institution, Po Leung Ku ...
References
External links
Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk website
1895 establishments in British Malaya
Organizations established in 1895
Po Leung Kuk
Po Leung Kuk
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