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that focuses on labor welfare policy and industrial safety. The group was founded in 1966, originally as a unit of the

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, and became an auxiliary organization later to gain more independence. Its predecessor was the Christian Industrial Evangelism Committee, which was a study group formed in 1961. Its special focus in 2001 was on the working conditions of toy workers for

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. Since then the group has not published any more recent content on its website. Active members include Rev. Chu Yiu-ming, one of the founders of

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Politics of Hong Kong Think tanks based in Hong Kong 1966 establishments in Hong Kong Protestantism in Hong Kong {{HongKong-poli-stub

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