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Hoi Chise, the Signatory
visited the Hung Keong factory at the suggestion of Fung Hoi Chin,
of the
lette
from the Hong Kong
and Kowloon T.U.C. They
a
Labour Office
who
Occasions
acted as
were
accompanied by
interpreter. The management of the ●
all facilities for the visit which was conducted in a atmosphere. In one
factory gave friendly atmosphere.
were
Was
two cases
completely
piece workers were asked to what they
day, explaining that business
earning. They gave figures of 80 or 90 cents
very poor workers. So for
of
and there
was
very
a
little work to be divided amongst all of the
as is known the ICFTU.
did not take
!CFTU, delegates
or the workers.
earnings with either the management
वै Late in the evening of & Juesday
of the factory
the closure of the
and the factory gates.
Ou
Saturday
the 12th
notice. In making
ир
the question
the 8th August, the management
and posted notices
announced
to this effect outside the head office
This notice announced that all worker would be paid off
August
and would receive
this announcement
Factory Management
was
acting
there is
one
мой
i
days pay in lean of
no doubt whatsoever that the
under the direct orders of the Managing
Director, transmitted from Kuala Lumpur. The local
in the
malte
at all
There is
of
knew
Manager before the losure
management had no say that the factory
reason to believe that the
the decision to close the factory
guing ang
advance
was put
Catween two and three weeks
the was, however, oqueadly debared from
He
put into effect. notice to the workers because the Managing Director
The Factory Manager
feared that damage might be done to the machinery. He states that he
endeavoured to secure relaxation of this order but his efforts
were in vain.
caused considerable consternation
Inevitably
the sudden closure
as a
Highligting
lock out.
both sides meeting
to discuss the situation
among
the workers and it
An immediate appeal to the Labour
appears
that
they regarded the closure
Dept
but
resulted in
the
workers representativer - particularly those representing
the