HKK 5/3
Dd.156229 Gp.863
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on
Hong Kong 2
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary- Office through your Under-Secretary by
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Mr. Ernest Thornton (Farnworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many male textile workers in Hong Kong work seven days per week continuously throughout the year.
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25th July, 1969.
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None. A large proportion of the 59,374 males employed in
the textile industry work a twenty eight day month, although some
work on thirty days and others on twenty six days. But under the Industrial Employment (Holidays with Pay and Sickness Allowance)
Ordinance all are entitled to six days paid holiday a year; and
for young male persons one rest day a week is also prescribed by
law.
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