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The Penang Po Leung Kuk: Chinese Women, Prostitution and a Welfare Organisation

by Neil Khor Jin Keong
The Penang Po Leung Kuk: Chinese Women, Prostitution and a Welfare Organisation - Thryft
The Penang Po Leung Kuk: Chinese Women, Prostitution and a Welfare Organisation - Thryft
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The Penang Po Leung Kuk: Chinese Women, Prostitution and a Welfare Organisation

by Neil Khor Jin Keong
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ISBN: 9789679948325
Authors: Neil Khor Jin Keong
Publisher: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Date of Publication: 2004-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Sociology
Related Topics: Social Justice, Asian History, Anthropology, Gender, History, Social Issues
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This is a chronicle of the Penang Po Leung Kuk, a welfare organization founded in 1888 for the purpose of providing refuge and rehabilitation for the victims of the trafficking of Chinese women and girls. The establishment of the East India Company factory in Penang in 1786 by Captain Francis Light ushered in the advent of British colonial administration and British-led western enterprise in Penang and subsequently, Malaysia. This resulted in the mass migration of immigrant labour to George Town, Penang’s Capital city. The Chinese, being the largest ethnic group in the city since 1788, was, like other immigrant communities, allowed to administer their own affairs through their headmen in the first 25 years of the colony history. This book is devoted to describing the development of the Penang Home, from a halfway house to being the “best home of its kind in Malaya”. In the process, a history of the Chinese in Penang, the social problems related to that community and the leading personalities behind the PLK’s 89 year history is told.
 
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.