Fédération Internationale des Travailleurs des Industries du Textile et de l'Habillement
PRESIDENT:
JOHN E. NEWTON
VICE-PRESIDENT:
K. BUSCHMANN
Internationale Textil- und Bekleidungsarbeiter-Vereinigung
Internationella Textil- och Beklädnadsarbetarefederationen
INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE AND
GARMENT WORKERS' FEDERATION
120 BAKER STREET, LONDON, W.1
GENERAL SECRETARY: J. GREENHALGH to whom all communications should be addressed
TELEPHONE:
01-935 1745
TELEGRAM ADDRESS:
WORKINTEX, LONDON, W.I
Mr. R. M. Hetherington, Commissioner of Labour, Labour Department, Loo Gardens, hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay,
HONG KONG.
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Door Mr. Hetherington,
I bog to acknowledực vách tikuma your letter of tho 2th March and before dealing with velous points cato by you, I would ask you to bolieve that
Tue record of our Internationel Federation will show, we re only concerned with the well being of the workers of Hong Kong, in spite of the scurrulous articles of recent days in the Hong Kong press.
I have to confess that the introduction of a night Anift for women makes me very cyatc.l about the desire of the nong Kong Administration to improve working conditious, indood, the whole record of the dministration since our Internationel Foderation beca30 chivo in the colony, leaves much to be desired.
Let me ronind you tut when Mr. Ernst Thornton, .P., visited uong Kong in 1958 on behalf of our International Federation, ke found that the Wokion in the textilo inŝustry ( in other industries) were working 12 hours per day and 7 days per sook, with only holidays each year. n his return to London ho arute roprosenttions to the Sestuinster Government and soon afteØYARAR thu then Coumissioner of L. bour in Hong Kon
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