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Monday, December 11, 1972

Exemptions are granted to a number of women supervisors in selected

industrial undertakings. At the end of 1971, 422 women supervisors were

on night-shift in 40 factories.

Under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations, women

are not permitted to work more than six days a week in any industrial employment.

More factories now grant holidays to women workers on Sundays. By

the end of 1971, 9,003 factories had adopted this system compared with

7.730 at the end of the previous year. In addition, there were 44 factories

which released women on a selected week-day.

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