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

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

SKU: M37 | Year: 2004 | Pages: 192

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
    1. Chapter 1: An Early History of the Chinese in Penang (1786 – 1881)
    2. Chapter 2: Events Leading-up to the Founding of the Po Leung Kuk (PLK) and its Early Years as a Half Way House (1877 – 1925)
    3. Chapter 3: The Babington Avenue Home Before WWII (1926 – 1945)
    4. Chapter 4: The Immediate Postwar Period and the PLK in Local Hands (1945 – 1969)
    5. Chapter 5: A Multi-ethnic Home and New Directions (1969 – 1977)
    6. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Appendices
  • Tables
  • Index

Summary

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