§ 100. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the Communist-inspired system of federating trade unions in Malaya has been replaced by trade unions for each industry or federations of such trade unions as required by a recent ordinance.
Mr. Creech JonesSince the coming into force of the Trade Unions (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 9 of 1948) in July, 1948, one federation of trade unions has been re-registered and resolutions have been passed advocating the formation of three further federations of similar trades. The Ordinance does not require one trade union for each industry. There are now 162 trade unions registered in the Federation of Malaya.