VAGE R TOU
7. Wages have risen steadily in Hong Kong.
average industrial wages have increased by 104
in real terms of about 514.
FRINGE
ENEFITS
Since 1964,
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an increase
8. Many employers provide free accommodation, subsidised
meals or food allowances, good attendance bonuses and paid
rest days as well as a Lunar New Year bonus of one month's pay.
H. URS OF WORD
9. Hours and conditions of work are controlled by the
Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. In December
1971, the maximum standard hours for women and young persons
were reduced to 48 hours a week. Children under the age of
14 are prohibited from working in industry and young persons
from working at night or underground.
NIGHT WOR FOR WOMEN
10.
Decause of the continuing shortage of labour, a few large
factories in the cotton-spinning sector were authorised in 1970
to employ woee at night under strictly defined conditions.
Only 7 factories employing a total of 607 woman had taken ad-
vantage of these arrangements by December 1971. A recent pro-
posal to increase the number of fact.ries covered by the ar-
rangements has been dropped.
M
/LABOUR LEGISLATION