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I was informed by Mr. Godden this morning that the Minister
was seeing Mr. Foggon at 11.00 a.m. to discuss the question of young persons
hours of work of woman and children in the Hong Kong textile
industry (and related matters) in the context of correspondence
with Mr. Greenhalgh ending in the Minister's letter to Mr. Green-
halgh at (39) and Mr. Greenhalgh's reply at (42).
meeting at Mr. Godden's suggestion.
I attended the
The Minister was much exercised over the delay on the part
of the Hong Kong Government in the Enactment of legislation
young parsons
limiting the hours of work for women and children in the industry.
So much so, that Mrs. Ilart had in mind the possibility of a
commission or working party going to Hong Kong. SHe was thinking
consist of
that such a body might comprise of an economist, an industrialist
and a trade unionist. Its terms of reference might include such
matters as hours of work, workman's compensation legislation,
maternity benefits and social security generally.
3. Mr. Foggon also brought up the question of the filling of
the top posts in the Hong Kong Labour Department and said that
he thought the time had come for such posts to be filled by
professional officers as opposed tothe present practice in Hong
Kong of regarding them as administrative appointments. He
mentioned the fact that there was likely to be an acting vacancy
at the Deputy Labour Commissioner level in a few months time and
he thought that this post should, when the time came be filled
by the acting appointment of a local officer. Mr. Foggon also
mentioned the question of the reconstitution of the Labour
Advisory Board.
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