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legislation has been drafted which is to come forward later in the present session of the Legislative Council. Difficulties and
doubts about the other two items are set out
at some length in the despatch; when the Overseas Labour Adviser has considered these, our views on these items will be conveyed to
Hong Kong.
fiven his view
6. The Overseas Labour Adviser has observed that sufficient progress has been made in labour legislation to warrant a measure of relaxation of the existing prohibition of night-work for women. He considers, however, that it will be necessary to insist on the following
safeguards :
(a) The whole organisation of factory
inspection should be overhauled and
improved
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(b) No woman should be called upon to work wholly on night shift, i.e.,
there should be rotation of shifts.
(c) Material conditions should be
examined in each factory for which an application to employ women at night is made, and conditions brought up to standard before the Commissioner of Labour gives approval.
(a) Careful reinspections should be made
subsequently, in particular during night hours.
With the reservation noted below on (a) and
I agree that these are safeguards that the Minister might properly lay down.
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7 My first reservation concerns (a) remedy the shortcomings of the Factory Inspectorate the Governor has already agreed in discussions here to a suggestion by the Overseas Labour Adviser that an advisory visit
should be made to the Colony by one or more experienced UK specialists in this field: need to put the proposal to Hong Kong for formal confirmation. Arrangements for the visit, consideration of the experts' report and implementation of agreed measures could
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