CYPHER
CATEGORY A CYPHER
FROM MMEDIATE HONG KONG TQ (DT D)
TEL NO 1562 .
DATED 21 OCTOBER
C.o.
CONFIDENTIAL
LAST
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NEXI
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131
YOUR TELEGRAM 2138.
YOUR PARAGRAPH 1.
(A)
Dah & (29
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FACTORY MOVED TO ITS PRESENT PREMISES IN APRIL 1967. IT WAS FIRST VISITED BY A FACTORY INSPECTOR ON 26TH APRIL. AN
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION WAS SENT IN ON 28TH APRIL. THE
FACTORY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY VISITED BY FACTORY INSPECTORS ON 10TH JUNE AND 9TH SEPTEMBER. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION WERE NOT FULLY SATISFIED AT THE TIME OF THE LAST VISIT. NO VISITS HAD BEEN PAID TO THE NEW PREMISES BY OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE
BEFORE 124 SEPTEMBER. THE FACTORY WAS LAST VISITED IN ITS FORMER
PREMISES ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1967 AND BY LABOUR INSPECTORS ON 27TH,
NOVEMBER 1966.
(B)
*
1
FACTORY
EXCLUDING SENIOR STAFF, THE APPROVED ESTABLISHMENT OF FACTORY
AND ASSISTANT FACTORY INSPECTORS IS 48 AND THAT OF LABOUR
1
INSPECTORS CLASSES I AND 11 1929. THERE ARE THREE VACANCIES IN
THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND A RECRUITMENT EXERCISE IS IN PROGRESS. THERE ARE SIX VACANCIES IN THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE BUT APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO SIX CANDIDATES WHO ARE EXPECTED TO BE ENGAGED WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
2.
YOUR PARAGRAPH 2.
AT MEETING ON 17TH OCTOBER, THE FOUR EMPLOYERS ORGANISATIONS GAVE VERBAL AGREEMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR REDUCTION OF HOURS FOR