"We do not want Bolshevism or Communism. We cannot afford to have the economic and financial structure of the Colony periodically. shaken or undermined. What we want are peace and good order, and the right to follow our callings without hindrance.
The Bill is in sure. It} biding workers; it does not even make economic strikes illegal and, fur thermore, it does not prohibit sympathetic strikes as such. In the event of a wage dispute between employers and employed, the mediation of the Government' can be invoked by the two parties, to bring about a satisfactory settlement."
Hon. Mr. W, E. L, Shenton \endorsed the Bill in the following remarks:—"It is needless for me to point out that Hongkong is peculiar~ ly situated on the borders of China and that, in the heat of an industrial movement, it is particularly sensitive to political emotion. It is essential in this Colony that we should entirely control our own louse. It is equally essential that there should be no interference from without. It is also essential that) we should preserve some control over our own people and their con-noxious and associations outside the Colony. This ordinance places no restriction whatever on—genuine trade disputes, nor upon the common law rights of individuals. It merely provides that lawful objects shall be carried out by lawful mean Crown Service Clause The following clause has been added to the Bill:—"A person who employed in the service of the Crown shall be deemed to break his agreement for service under the Crown if he absents himself from duty without leave and without hay given to the head of his d partment one month's notice in writing, terminating with the last day the calendar month, of if he wilfully refuses duty, or if he wilfully omits to perform his duty, provided that the provisions of this sub-section relating to notice shall not apply to any person who is engaged by the day, or who is daily paid.'
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