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Government generally on all matters relating
to labour.
5. After much discussion it was decided
for the present to leave the matter in the hands
of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce which
ultimately recommended a scheme hereby the
cmployers of labour would be divided up into groups of similar interests as far as possible,
and each group would elect a small Group Committee formed of representatives from each interest in it. A further sm 11 Standing Committee would be constituted by arranging for each group to appoint, subject to the approval of the Chamber, one or more representatives, and this Standing Committee would be a Chamber of Commerce Sub-Committee.
Any questions in regard to labour matters that might come before the Chamber of Commerce would be referred to this Sub-Committee who would advise the Chamber of Commerce or refer the matter to the Group Committee particularly concerned for their consideration. Representatives of the Government Departments, the Military Authorities and Naval Authorities would be invited to serve in the Croups that most concerned them but would not be eligible as Members of the Sub-Committee of the Chamber.
6. This scheme has met with general approval. Although the wisdom of having representatives from Government Departments serving on such Group Committees has not been unquestioned, Government representatives
have