Female Labour

The object of this bill is to transfer the office of Protector of Labour from the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to the Chairman of the Urban Council and to vest the control of factories, workshops and the employment of women, young persons and children in certain industries in the Urban Council. This bill is based upon the provisions of the Factories and Workshops Ordinance, 1932 (Ordinance No.27 of 1932), which, with the Factories and Workshops Amendment Ordinance, 1936, (No.36 of 1936), it repeals. The regulations under Ordinance No.27 of 1932 and those set out in the Schedule to that Ordinance, in the Government Notifications No. 660 of 1933 and No. 784 of 1936, were re-adopted in the form of by-laws. To give effect to the International labour Convention adopted at Washington on 28th November, 1919, the minimum age for employment in industrial undertakings is fixed at 14 years, and the period for women and young persons not to be employed during the night to 11 hours. The report was originally under Report of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for the year 1929 of the Administrative Reports for the year 1929. It reported on the enforcement of new employment ordinances: the Industrial Employment of Children Ordinance (1922) and the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Amendment Ordinance (1929); and it also reported on factory accidents and poisoning events. The report was originally under Report of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for the year 1930 of the Administrative Reports for the year 1930. It reported on the employment situation of children, girls and women in the factories, breaches of the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Amendment Ordinance (1929), factory accidents and the situation of some industries. The report was originally under Report of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for the year 1931 of the Administrative Reports for the year 1931. It reported on the employment situation of children, girls and women in the factories, breaches of the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Amendment Ordinance (1929), factory accidents and the situation of some industries. The report was originally under Report of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for the year 1932 of the Administrative Reports for the year 1932. It reported on the employment situation of children, girls and women in the factories, breaches of the Industrial Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Amendment Ordinance (1929), factory accidents, the new Factories and Workshops Ordinance No.27 of 1932, and the development of some industries.

The report was originally under Report of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for the year 1936 of the Administrative Reports for the year 1936. It reported on the situation of some industries, employment of child labour and women working at night, the implementation of the Factories and Workshops Ordinance No.27 of 1932, factory accidents and the breaches of the factory regulations. The main object of this Ordinance is to include women and young persons within the scope of the principal Ordinance, No.22 of 1922. A young person is defined as any person of or over the age of fifteen years old and under the age of eighteen years old. The regulation makes the following provisions: (1) Lead processes and manufacture of vermilion are added to the list of dangerous trades; (2) the employment of young persons in dangerous trades is prohibited; (3) the employment of women in dangerous trades without the special permission of the Protector of Labour is prohibited. It is proposed to allow the employment of women in fire cracker factories; (4) the employment of women and young persons between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. is prohibited. The regulation relaxed the prohibition of male young person be employed in any dangerous trade without the written permission of the Protector of Labour. The regulation raised the minimum age of children employed from the age of 11 to 12; and extended the prohibited hours in the evening from "10 p.m. and 6 a.m." to "9 p.m. and 7 a.m.".

The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The regulations revised the wordings in the Schedule to retain the consistency of the Ordinance. The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The regulations provided the definitions of "existing factory", "new factory", "tenement factory", "high building" and "fire resisting material". The regulations had provisions in regard of precautions in the existing factories, new factories, tenement factories and workshops and general regulations for all factories. The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The amendment improved the regulations in regard of fire precautions to factories and workshops. The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The regulation provided that no female of whatever age should be employed on underground work in any time.