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"These two bills seek to provide injured workers with benefits
more in line with present-day conditions in Hong Kong," Mr. Hetherington
aid.
The Commissioner then outlined a group of four measures dealing
with holidays and rost days. They included a simple measure to ensure that
industrial holidays coincidod with general holidays in the Holidays Ordinance
which was amended last year. Among the four measures was one concerning
the provision of a statutory right to a six-day wook for adult male workcors
in industry and in some servicos. A statutory right to a six-day wook
would allow for voluntary overtime on the seventh day.
Another group of four related subjects is of particular concern
for young persons. Mr. Hetherington said that the problems of industrial
training were being considered in two measures.
He said:
Craft Apprenticeship Legislation
"Legislation on important aspects of craft apprenticeships
would deal with the contents of apprenticeship contracts, the protestion
of apprentices, and the approval of apprenticeship training schemes,
"Later, a more comprehensive measure on industrial training may
emerge from the advice given by the Industrial Training Advisory Committee
and its ten associated committees."
The Commissioner was also co-operating with other departments in
considering legislation for a minimum age of employment in hotel, restaurant.
and boarding house trades and, possibly, also in hawking.
Another related group of four items concerned those aspects of
labour management relations which usually attracted most attention,
Mr. Hetherington pointed out that it was sometimes overlooked that
most difficulties which arose between labour and management were solved
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