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invitation to submit to the Colonial Secretary
any representations they might wish to make regarding the awards to their respective staffs. This invitation produced a very large body of detailed criticism, in which nearly every branch of the Service participated. Every item in these representations was fully and carefully considered and a decision for or against modification of the Cormission's awards was taken. The final
recommendations of Government are embodied in the
enclosed schedule of recommendations and observations. Apart from these, I would propose to adhere strictly to the Report.
4. At the same time copies of the Report were sent to the Labour Advisory Board with the request that it would furnish the Government with its views
on the findings so far as they concerned those
categories of employment which are embraced by the
term "Labour". On the request of the Unofficial
Members of the Executive Council copies were also sent, for general criticism and observation, to the Committees of the Hong Kong General Chamber of
Commerce and the Hong Kong Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
5.
Replies were received from the Chinese
Chamber of Commerce on the 27th of November, 1929, and
the Labour Advisory Board on the 6th of December, 1929,
the former offering no observations or representations on the Report, while the latter conveyed in general
terms an opinion on the part of its commercial members
that the Government was already paying its labour
adequately.