MR. TAM (in Cantonese): Sir, the Women
and Young Persons
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(Industry) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 was gazetted on 26
February 1938 and enacted immediately after its study
by
From the surface, it can be seen
the Executive Council.
that the amendments
However if you look at it very carefully and analyse it,
are just technical amendments.
you will
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will find that the amendments are not only technical
in nature. I will now speak
now speak in detail about my opinions
on the amended regulations.
regulation
First of all, section 8 (1A) stipulates that, if
the total number of work hours, excluding overtime, do not
exceed 96 in any consecutive two weeks then the employers
can reach an agreement with the employees so that they can
change the eight-hour day work and 48-hour week and they
asking do not have to ask for exemption from the Commissioner of
Labour.
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This amendment, according to the Labour Department
was to add to the flexibility of the Ordinance so that the
employers can have more flexibility with the hours of
work.
The Administration
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eight-hour day and the 48-hour
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is
maintained. All amendments were just to give flexibility
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to the law.
However, if you analyse it
very carefully, you
the
will see that the 96-hour fortnight has maintained
48-hour-week principle but has sacrified the spirit of the