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TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
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Your telegram No. 1097.
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Notes for Supplementaries.
I have the following comments on proposed answers.
Question 1. A most material point about the labour relations position here is that much of what is wrong in labour relations is and will always remain beyond the power of Government to correct by legislation. The difficulties derive from the unsatisfactory nature of industrial unionism in Hong Kong, and its exclusively political nature.
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Question 40
(a) The closure of roads, imposition of curfews and closure of schools were confined to comparatively small areas of the colony and the disruption caused, though severe, was not widespread.
(b) There have been no stoppages in public transport services this week and last sentence might read "token stoppages in some Government Departments, public utilities and supply services have also inevitably caused some disruption and inconvenience".
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Question 6. There is no evidence of C.P.G. instigation. I recommend substitution of the following for the words after "evident" and before "grossly" "is that official Chinese Communist organisations in Hong Kong have given the trouble-makers propaganda and other support and have".
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