2. Special conditions laid down are that each factory must
ensure that material conditions, including lighting, ventilation
and cleanliness are up to satisfactory standards.
Managements
will be informed that inspections will be carried out by the
inspectorate during the night shifts to ensure that all
conditions prescribed are fully o bserved.
Number of Firms eligible to apply for permission to employ women
on night work
There are some 14,500 industrial concerns in Hong Kong.
the Commissioner of Labour calculated that at the end of
December 1969, 117 firms only would be eligible to apply for
permission to employ women on night work.
Number of women involved
There are 114,181 women employed in the textile industry
as a whole. The number covered by the two permits granted is
a very small percentage of this.
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