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110. By regulation 16 any organization whether within or without the Colony which, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, is an organization which has among its aims, or is being used for, the promotion of a general strike or disorder of any kind, or of the spread of sedition within the Colony, may be proscribed.
111. By regulation 21 no printed matter in the Chinese language (other than a bonâ fide trade advertisement) may be printed, or published, or distributed, unless it has previously been submitted to and passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
112. Regulation 22 (1) reads:-
"No person shall import, print, publish, reproduce, have in his possession or under his control, post up or distribute any newspaper, placard, pamphlet, writing or pictorial representation calculated or tending to persuade or induce any person or persons, whether individually or as members of the general public to refrain from dealing with, trading with, working for or hiring any person or persons in the course of trade, business, occupation or employment.
This is scarcely compatible with the rightful activity of trade unions, and a recom- mendation for its amendment has been submitted to Government.
113. A trade union is a society for the purposes of the Societies Ordinance No. 8 of 1920. The only ordinance specifically relating to trade unions is the Illegal Strikes and Lockouts Ordinance 1927, already referred to, the purpose of which is rather to suppress the illegal activities of unions than to encourage their legal ones. Recommendations for the amendment of the existing law governing trade unions will be made in a later paragraph.
Factories and Workshops.
114. Under the Factories and Workshops Ordinance, 1937, every factory or workshop must be registered at the office of the Protector (since 1.1.1938 the Chair- man of the Urban Council) and such registration must be renewed annually. Before a factory is registered, or registration is renewed, the requirements of the Factories Inspectorate, Health Officer, and Fire Brigade must be satisfied. In the form of application for registration it must be stated whether women, girls, and young persons under the age of sixteen years are to be employed.
115. The following is an up-to-date list, arranged according to trades, of registered factories and workshops.
DESCRIPTION.
Hong Kong.
Kowloon and New Territories.
Total.
Aerated Water
Bakelite Ware
2
1
3
1
1
Batteries, Dry
2
15
17
Bleaching Powder
1
1
1
Breweries
1
1
Brick Works
*Bulbs, Electric
2
2
1
3
4
Buttons
2
2
Carried forward
7
24
* Two bulb factories have recently failed owing to Shanghai competition.
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