The Registrar of Cooperatives and Director of Marketing is responsible for fostering the development of cooperative societies, chiefly among fishermen and farmers, and also controls the Government Wholesale Fish and Vegetable Markets.
Social Services
The Secretary for Chinese Affairs is a senior administrative officer and has a wide and general responsibility in all matters affecting the Chinese community. The Commissioner of Labour is responsible for ensuring that the conditions in factories and workshops, particularly with regard to health and safety, are in accordance with the require- ments of existing legislation, for providing conciliation machinery for the settlement of disputes about wages and other terms of service, for the encouragement of modern trade unionism, and for the implementation of such International Labour Conventions as can be applied to the Colony. The Social Welfare Officer operates under the general direction of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and among his duties are included the protection of women and girls, the inspection of emigrant ships, the supervision of child and juvenile welfare and the general coordination of all welfare activities in the Colony.
The Director of Medical and Health Services, whose department is divided into the hospital, health and investigation divisions, together with the Head of the Sanitary Department is responsible for the general health of the Colony, and the former compiles the Colony's vital statistics. The Head of the Sanitary Department is ex-officio the Chairman of the Urban Council which has certain powers, subject to confirmation by the Legislative Council, to originate subsidiary legislation in matters concerning public health.
Education is in the hands of the Director of Education who controls government schools and supervises all private schools in the Colony.
Communications
The Director of Marine, the Director of Civil Aviation and the General Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway are responsible for sea, air and rail traffic respectively, while the Director of Public Works, in addition to his duties in connexion with the construction and maintenance of government buildings, the supervision of other buildings, waterworks, piers and government transport, is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the Colony's roads.
The Postmaster General is responsible for the collection and delivery of mail, and the Royal Observatory, under a Director, provides
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