[456B] Wt. 32483 800 100m. 11/48 C.N.Ld. 748
C. O.
Mr. Fairclough
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
12/5
Foggon 13/5 Side botham 13/1 Emanuel 177's
DRAFT.
Cotton and 17/5/29 BAT
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference C.R. E. 3872/50.
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For Mr. Emanuel's signature.
MISS M.W. DENNEHY,
BOARD OF TRADE,
MILLBANK,
S.W.1.
Copy of Question and Answer on 54486/PQ1/49
Copy of table a Serial No. 30 in Table 2 on page 65 of the 1948/49 Labour Department
Report.
I lake it that
were fuct that ware
балет
are
14
lover in ivory Kerg
(nâu in this country wońc
not be
arded
A^
evidenc
i sureating
Dear Miss Dennehy,
Since receiving your letter of
the 17th April about labour conditions
in the rubber footwear industry in
hat a to search Hong Kong we have been looking around-
in the office and have succeeded in
finding underthing some information which I
trust will sufficiently answer your
questions (a), (b), (c) and (d) without our
having to trouble the Governor on the
matter.
With regard to your question (a),
it is somewhat difficult to decide
whether an industry is
"sweated" or not
FURTHER ACTION.
unless one has a fairly accurate
definition of what the term means;
certainly it would have widely different
meanings in Hong Kong and, for example,
this country.
Enn
15(umum
it teams Thai the
trên We think that a reasonable
A
definition of " sweated industry might be:
means
trade or industry or a branch
of any trade or industry where the rate
of wages prevailing is exceptionally low
that in
as compared with any other employments
which
and on wage no person can reasonably
be
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