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committee which will draw up a list of accredited producers
in Hong Kong. We producers will only be included in this
list when they signify their willingness to accept the
following conditions :-
(a) To guarantee standards of quality established by
the committee.
meet all claims
established as fair after
(b) To undertake to/
arbitration.
(c) To conform to factory and labour legislation.
(d) To allow inspection by the committee at any stage
of manufacture.
(e) Pay close attention to customs requirements
connected with Imperial preference.
(f) Support their own industrial association.
Local merchants would then only buy from factories appearing
on the accredited list.
same.
The workers in the Hong Kong textile industry are not
badly off by comparison with other workers in the Colony -
their wages and conditions are, generally speaking, much the
Further, workers generally in Hong Kong are said to
be the most highly paid in the Far East; the Hong Kong
Government representative in London states that Hong Kong
no longer enjoys the benefits of cheap labour. A further
point of interest is that this is despite the fact that,
according to the Acting Commissioner of Labour, the output
of a Chinese workman is not mach more than a quarter of the
output of an English workman of similar skill.
2. Wages
Figures are quoted below for wages in the various
branches of the textile industry and are followed by a
selection of wage figures for other industries in Hong
Kong for purposes of comparison :-
2.