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Your Saving Despatch No. 1142 of 13 October.
The Employment of Women at Night in Industrial
Establishments
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I note with satisfaction that it is expected to
1969 enact legislation by the end of this year to
introduce statutory rest days for male workers and
that legislation will be brought forward later in the present session to raise the amount of wages which
is given priority under the Bankruptcy and Companies
Ordinances.
2. In the circumstances it is agreed that there is
no objection to the extended use of the powers to
grant permission for adult women to work at night, by means of selective exemptions under Section 7(4), of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap.59); and that, as proposed by you in recent
discussions here, you should initiate consultations for the purpose of determining the conditions under
which such exemptions would be granted.
1969
3. In the discussions in Hong Kong in June/to which you refer, the Minister of State did, however,
indicate that such night work should be voluntary
and subject to proper safeguards. In this connection
it is considered :
(a)
Steps should be taken to strengthen the
Factory Inspectorate; it is proposed that
one or more UK experts should visit Hong
to you Kong and submit a report/on the necessary
measures.
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(b) There should be arrangements for the rotation
of shifts so that no woman can be called
upon to work permanently on night shift.
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