informed of this).
A more fundamental difficulty over passages
arises from the contractual obligation on an
employer to repatriate a worker. This clause is in
the contract as a result of Article 13 of the
International Labour Office Conventions to
which H.M.G. subscribes and in respect of which
the Hong Kong Government has made a Declaration
It can indeed be argued
of Full Application.
that the clause gives the unscrupulous worker
an unfair advantage, but it was made necessary
to correct much more extensive and vicious
abuses by employers in the past.
Mr. Burns has been made aware of most if
not all of these points in the past. The
recruitment of workers from Hong Kong involves
some risks which cannot be entirely eliminated.
A recruiter must weigh them against the
advantages of the operation and decide for himself
whether or not to proceed.
I am sending a letter in similar terms to
this to Lena Jeger since Mr. Burn and his firm
have made the same approach to her as they did
to you.
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