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(d) unless after every spell of 5 hours continuous work and before his next spell of work there is an interval for relaxation of not less than one hour, or after a spell of less than 5 hours, such interval as may be reasonable in all the circumstances;
(e) unless in every seven days he is allowed one day's rest.
No. 10. (1) The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall keep register of the young persons employed in such undertaking.
(2) Such register shall be in the form and contain the particulars
shown in Appendix I to these bylaws.
80. Bylaws dealing with the prevention of accidents and notification of ac- cidents, and the prevention of and escape from fire are also included which empower the Protector to require the provision of fire escapes in any factory in which more than twenty persons are employed and prohibit a tenement factory or workshop to be situated above a dangerous goods store. The question of tenement factories will be dealt with later.
81. It will be observed that these bylaws give effect to the provisions of certain conventions of the International Labour Office such as Convention No. 4 concern- ing the employment of women during the night; Convention No. 5 fixing the minimum age for admission of children to industrial employment; Convention No. 6 concerning the night work of young persons employed in industry; Convention No. 41 concerning the employment of women during the night; and Convention No. 45 concerning the employment of women on underground work in mines of all kinds.
82. Other conventions are given effect to by separate ordinances Convention No. 26, concerning the creation of minimum wage fixing machinery, by Ordinance No. 28 of 1932, the Minimum Wage Ordinance, which empowers the Governor in Council to fix a minimum wage for any occupation in which he is satisfied that the wages paid are unreasonably low. To conduct any necessary inquiry a Board of Commissioners consisting of five persons may be appointed. Up to date no such Board has been appointed and no minimum wage fixed. Convention No. 7. fixing the minimum age for admission of children to employment at sea, is given effect to by the Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea Ordinance No. 13 of 1932, which restricts the employment of children under fourteen years of age to vessels where only members of the same family are employed. or to junks or sampans where the child is placed in the charge of an approved relative who is also a member of the crew. The registration of members of crews who are under sixteen is required.
83. Convention No. 8 concerning unemployment indemnity in case of loss or foundering of the ship, Convention No. 15 fixing the minimum age for the admission of young persons to employment as trimmers or stokers, and Convention No. 16 concerning the compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed at sea, have been given effect to with minor modifications by the Mer- chant Shipping (Hong Kong) Order 1936 and the Merchant Shipping (Hong Kong) (Amendment) Order 1936.
84. The existing law of the Colony already satisfied the requirements of cer- tain other conventions such as No. 22 concerning seamen's articles of agreement and to some extent No. 21 concerning the simplification of the inspection of emigrants on board ship. In respect of Convention No. 11 concerning the rights of association and combination of agricultural workers there is no discrimination against agricultural workers.
85. Legislation to give effect to Convention No. 32 concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading and unloading ships is under con- sideration.
86. The employment of female domestic servants is to a certain extent con- trolled by the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, and the subsequent amendments thermale amendments thereto By the amending Ordinance No. 15 of 1938 no person shall