termination of the contract by a worker, without
commitment to repay any part of the expenses incurred
by the employer in regard to his passage to the United
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inclusion in the contract of a provision along these
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The Hong Kong Government do not deny that their
requirement is unfavourable to an employer in
circumstances where an unscrupulous worker walks out
on his contract after having obtained a passage to the
United Kingdom at his employer's expense.
There are,
however, legitimate circumstances in which a worker
might reasonably wish to terminate a contract which he
has signed without full knowledge of working conditions
in this country. The Hong Kong Government have gone
someway towards making it more difficult for the
unscrupulous worker to terminate employment, by
extending the period of notice recommended in their
model contract, from 1 month to 3 months. They have
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not, however, been able to devise a suitable alternative
provision which would safeguard the employer against
abuses while, at the same time, protecting the interests
of the Chinese workers proceeding abroad for employment.
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It is this latter consideration which it is, of course,
the essential purpose of the legislation to provide.
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The second aspect of the passages problem is the
employer's liability to bear the repatriation expenses
of the alien worker whom he has brought to this
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