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HONGKONG, 24th October, 1921.
SIR,-We, the Undersigned, appointed by virtue of the above proclamation, have the honour to submit the results of our enquiries into the industrial employ- ment of children in Hongkong, and our recommendations for the regulation of such employment.
1. At the first meeting held on April 6th the following resolutions were adopted :-
(1) That the meetings of the Commission be held in private.
(2) That before any factories were inspected, managers should be summoned to give evidence as to actual conditions of child labour in their factories (3) That a child should be understood to be a person below the age of
sixteen (16) years, according to the Chinese method of calculation. Reckoned according to the English system, this age is equivalent to fourteen and a half (145) years. [Throughout this report references to ages are, unless otherwise specified, to be taken as calculated on the Chinese system.]
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(4) That as the scope of our enquiry covered industrial and factory labour only, we were not expected to make any enquiry with regard either to agricultural or to domestic labour.
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Child Labour in Factories.
2. At three subsequent meetings, evidence was taken from representatives of the following factories:-
The M. Y. San, Biscuit Factory,
Causeway Bay.
The Nan Yang Tobacco Company, Causeway Bay.
The Orient Tobacco Factory, Yaumati.
The Kwong Sang Hong Perfumery Factory,
Praya East, Wanchai.
The Kam Hing Knitting Factory, Tsim Sha Tsui.
The Chinese Foreign Knitting Factory, Yaumati.
The Tung Ah Knitting Factory, 600 Shanghai Street, Yaumati.
The Lei Man Hing Knitting Factory, 15 Sai Kung Street, Tsim Sha Tsui.
The Ching Wo Wa Yeong Knitting Factory, 482 Canton Road, Yaumati.