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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
a budgetary survey carried out in 1948. The base of 100 is for March 1947, and although the expenditure pattern used for weighting is that of the artisan and white collar worker, the Index gives a fair reflexion of general changes in the cost of living.
Food and Fuel
Retail Price
Index
Index
January
$13.0438
116
February
March
April
$13.2615
113
$13.2532
114
$13.2170
112
May
June
$12.5820
111
$12.3855
112
July
$12.5486
116
August
$12.9572
118
September
$13.3255
117
October
$12.9882
116
November
$13.0005
114
December
$12.6330
115
LABOUR ADMINISTRATION
The Government's responsibilities in labour matters are dealt with by the Labour Department and the Registry of Trade Unions.
Labour Department. The principal functions of the Labour Department are to ensure safe and healthy conditions. of work in industrial establishments, and to secure compli- ance with internationally accepted restrictions on the working hours of women and young persons. A staff of trained labour inspectors make the necessary investigations. These inspectors also make investigations under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, which is administered by the Department. Periodic surveys of wage rates and levels and conditions of employment are carried out, and the Depart- ment is responsible for ensuring adequate publicity for the major provisions of the legislation it enforces.
The Commissioner of Labour is the principal adviser to Government on all matters connected with labour and industrial relations. He is ex-officio Chairman of the Labour Advisory Board, on which both employers and employed are represented, and which is consulted on
on all legislative measures affecting labour. The Commissioner is also an ex-officio member of the Port Committee, and is concurrently
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