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Management

Brief

on

Sun Chong Foam Rubber Manufactory Ltd.

Mr. Y.T. Chow, Managing Director

Mr. Pie Dow YEUNG, Factory Manager.

(This is a privately owned limited company. Mr. Chow does not speak English but Mr. Yeung is able to speak some English).

Factory

This factory, established in 1968 with a capital of HK$500,000, occupies 2 floors totalling about 13,000 sq. ft. in area in a 7-storey flatted factory building. It manufactures foam rubber and foamed plastics which are used for upholstery, mattresses and pillows, interlinings for garments, and brassieres, etc. The .products, valued at about. HK$4,000,000 per annum, are sold to local

furniture and garment makers.

Batch processing is adopted in this factory.

sheets are moulded, cured and cut into required sizes.

sheets are sliced into various thicknesses.

into small bits for use in stuffed dolls.

Workforce

The workforce consists of 32 male

There is no appreciable turnover of labour. shift of 9 hours, including 1 hour for lunch.

Wages and benefits

Foam rubber

Foamed plastic

All trimmings are shredded

and 5 female workers.

They work one single

The skilled ones are

All workers are paid a daily rate. paid about $35, semi-skilled $25 and unskilled $25 (per day).

A meal subsidy at $2.20 per day per person is paid in addition to the wages. Those who work a full month without absence or leave are paid a good attendance bonus equivalent to 2 days' wages. A further bonus equivalent to one month's wages is payable at the end of each lunar year (in late January or early February

each year).

year.

The company organises picnics for its workers twice a All expenses for these picnics are borne by the management.

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