TNAG-0966-FCO40-1185-Legislation-for-employment-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 247

General conditions

as to hours

of

employment

of women

and young persons.

3. (1) Subject to these regulations, no employer

shall employ any woman or young person in any industrial

undertaking unless the working hours, the period of

employment and the intervals for meals and rest for such

woman or young person conform to the following conditions,

namely

(a) the total hours worked shall neither exceed

& in any day nor exceed 40 in any week;

(b) the period of employment shall -

(c)

(i)

in the case of a young person under the

age of 16, not exceed 9 hours in any day and

shall neither begin earlier than 7 a.m. nor end

later than 7 p.m.;

(ii) in the case of a young person who has

attained the age of 16, not exceed 10 hours

in any day and shall neither begin earlier

than 7 a.m. nor end later than 7 p.m.; and

(iii) in the case of a woman, not exceed 10 hours

in any day and shall neither begin earlier than

6 a.m. nor end later than S p.m.;

no woman.or young person shall be required or

permitted to work continuously for a spell of

more than 5 hours without thereafter an interval