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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
Food and Fuel
Index
Retail Price Index
January
$12.6285
114
February
$12.5948
114
March
$12.6002
113
April
$12,6492
114
May
$12.7316
115
June
$12.6970
117
July
$13.0745
120
August
$13.0992
122
September
$13.4262
125
October
$13.4262
125
November
$13.2685
122
December
$12.7570
120
LABOUR ADMINISTRATION
The Government's responsibilities in labour matters are dealt with by the Labour Department and the Registry of Trade Unions.
Labour Department. The Commissioner of Labour is the principal adviser to Government on all matters connected with labour and industrial relations. He is ex-officio Chair- man of the Labour Advisory Board, on which both employers and employed are represented, and which is consulted on all legislative measures affecting labour. The Commissioner is also an ex-officio member of the Port Committee, and is concurrently Commissioner of Mines. The duties which he formerly discharged in connexion with the registration of trade unions are now undertaken by the Registrar of Trade Unions, who administers a separate department for this
purpose.
The Labour Department is responsible for the initial pre- paration of all labour legislation, and keeps under review the legislative and administrative arrangements for giving effect to the Colony's obligations under I. L. O. conventions. It carries out the registration and inspection of industrial under- takings, to ensure, in particular, safe and healthy conditions