process of drafting has been rather held back because of other
concerns in the Labour Department. I am hoping we shall be able
Workers' compensation to go ahead on some of the legislation.
due for improvement.
It might be possible at least to have
legislation which would require trade disputes to be reported
which would be a help. The artificial flower, one dispute had
arisen, workers had walked out, the manager had locked them out
before anybody reported that there was any dispute at all to the
Labour Department.
QUESTION: How long is your leave, Šir David?,
SIR DAVID TRENCH: About two months, if I can get it in.
QUESTION: Could you give the numbers again
400,000 able to vote?
SIR DAVID TRENCH:
to be about 400,000.
registered,
QUESTION: 26,000?
The potential electorate is thought
SIR DAVID TRENCH: Of which about 26,000 have actually
QUESTION:
People actually voted?
SIR DAVID TRENCH: About 12,000.
QUESTION: That is for the urban council elections?
SIR DAVID TRENCH:
Yes.
QUESTION: On the Legco, can you give us the present
picture and any thoughts?
SIR DAVID TRENCH: The great difficulty, apart from
political dangers, the great difficulty about having elections
for the Legislative Council is do you allow aliens to vote?
Half the population is alien.
QUESTION: Like Aden?
SIR DAVID TRENCH: Half the population is alien.
This is the first thing you have to settle. The aliens are
residents of Hong Kong. Some of them have been there longer
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