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HKK 5/3

Hong Kong Department

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11 April, 1969

Dear Mr. Neale,

Please refer to our telephone conversa- tion this morning concerning special exemption orders covering the employment of women under the Factories Act. I am enclosing a copy of Hong Kong's Despatch and my acknowledgement, and also a copy of the article which appeared in the "Economist" on 15 February.

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I should be grateful if you could provide me with as full a reply as possible, pointing out any special circumstances pertaining to special exemption orders issued in this country. It is, I think, important to allay Hong Kong's apparent fears that they may be being too rigid in permitting such exemptions from their Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance.

Yours sincerely,

C. F. Neale, Esq.,

(I. R. Murray)

Safety Health and Welfare Division,

Department of Employment & Productivity,

LONDON, W.2.

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