MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION BY FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR (HONG KONG) LIMITED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR FOR EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 7(4) OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE FROM THE REGULATIONS PROHIBITING NIGHT WORK FOR WOMEN
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Fairchild Semiconductor (Hong Kong) Limited
(hereinafter called "the Company") was incorporated as
a private limited company in Hong Kong on the 8th day
of October 1962 under the name Semiconductor Limited.
The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation, a major manu-
facturer of electronic components and other industrial
products, with its headquarters at 464, Ellis Street,
The Semiconductor Mountain View, California, U.S.A.
2.
Division of Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation
is one of the three largest manufacturers of Semiconductor components (i.e. transistors, diodes and integrated cir-
cuits) in the world.
3.
The Company was a pioneer in the manufacture
of semiconductor devices in Hong Kong and opened its
initial plant in rented premises in December 1962 only
three months after the arrival of its employees who came
to Hong Kong to establish the Company's manufacturing
plant.
A.
On the 13th day of January 1964, the Company
purchased the premises known as Kwun Tong Inland Lot No. 540 at public auction at a price of HK$ 1,810,000.00
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