TNAG-0090-FCO40-126-Social-welfare-working-conditions-in-Hong-Kong-1968 — Page 14

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appreciate the intermanity I working,

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in Hong Kong women young persons 10 homes per

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I did it from 1918 to 1921 ( from 13 to 16 years

• I. still remember!

The doubt the excuse is to prevent a severe drop earnings. But hourly rates should be increased partly or wholly to offset the reduced homes. This could have been done because it is an established fact that when daily hours of work are reduced (particularly from the excessive hours of 10 plus) hourly ontfort increases.

I ask

you seriously

to consider;-

(^) An alteration & the overtime provisions; (4) Some comperentory payments for the reduction. in standard writing dese lines is not done then

If something the 1.2.0.,

along foresee Hunk trong

if not in the Parliament at bestarbaster,

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Yours sincerely photo

Emes Thornton