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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 1630
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (DTD)
3 NOVEMBER, 1967
CONFIDENTIAL.
MY TELEGRAM 1562 : HOURS OF WORK FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS.
REPORTS RECEIVED HERE INDICATE THAT THE WRITTEN REPLY ON THIS SUBJECT
GIVEN TO MR ERNEST THORNTON IN THE COMMONS ON 24TH OCTOBER CONTAINED
THE PHRASE 'THE PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT WILL BE FOUR YEARS, WITH A
. REDUCTION OF HALF AN HOUR YEARLY BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR'.
OUR PROPOSALS ARE FOR REDUCTIONS OF THIRTY MINUTES IN DECEMBER THIS
YEAR AND DECEMBER 1968, AND OF TWENTY MINUTES IN DECEMBER OF EACH OF
THE YEARS 1969, 1970 AND 1971.
2. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE THESE PROPOSALS WHICH
WILL BE PUT TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD NEXT WEEK.
SENT 042 42/03 NOV
ECVERNOR Zir D Tarrch.
Aclès.
Top+9. Hong Kong Lett. 2.
RECD 04302/02 NOV
Overseas Labour Adviserl.
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