Factories and Industrial Undertakings - Ordinance, No.34 of 1955 and Regulations made thereunder Jurisdiction China - Hong Kong Year 1955 Published in Chinese Original/other title [Chinese] 工廠及工業經營條例 Source Government Printer, Hong Kong, Sep. 1955. 34p. Serial number Hong Kong Cap.59 Online availability [Chinese] http://www.hklii.hk/hk/legis/ch/ord/59/index.html, [English] http://www.hklii.hk/hk/legis/en/ord/59/ Descriptors [Primary] Hong Kong, occupational safety and health [Secondary] children, dangerous occurrences, drainage, fire prevention, fire protection, first-aid equipment, law, lighting, notification of occupational accidents, penalties, responsibilities, safety devices, tidiness, ventilation, welfare facilities, women, young persons Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract The Ordinance sets out the general principles of industrial safety, the powers of the Commissioner of Labour and of assistant labour officers, offences and penalties, liabilities and legal procedures. A list of dangerous trades and a list of scheduled trades are appended. The Regulations provide detailed safety requirements for: employment of women, young persons and children (including restrictions concerning underground or dangerous work, work involving the carrying of weights and shift work); general safety rules (reports of accidents and dangerous occurrences, obligation to remedy dangerous practices, taking of samples, duties of persons employed); registrable workplaces (fencing of machinery, dangerous platforms, liquids; fire prevention and fire safety; hygiene - cleanliness, ventilation, lighting, drainage of floors, overcrowding, sanitary conveniences, supply of drinking water, first aid equipment); offences and penalties. A list of dangerous occurrences is appended. CIS No. 89-6 Database ID 51157