EN CLAIR
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 311
UNCLASSIFIED
TOP COPY
TO HONG KONG
DATED 9TH MAY 1969 (HKK 5/3)
FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION SET DOWN BY RANKIN FOR ORAL
NSWER ON 12 MAY.
BEGINS.
TO ASK IN WHAT SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG THE HOURS
WORKED BY EMPLOYEES ARE STILL NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS
LAID DOWN BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION: AND WHAT
STEPS HE HAS TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THE MATTER.
ENDS.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO REPLY ON THE FOLLOWING LINES.
BEGINS.
THE QUESTION OF APPLYING IN HONG KONG THE STANDARD HOURS OF
WORK LAID DOWN BY THE INTERNATIONAL, LABOUR ORGANISATION DOES NOT
ARISE UNLESS THOSE CONVENTIONS HAVE FIRST BEEN RATIFIED BY THE
UNITED KINGDOM. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS NOT RATIFIED ILO
CONVENTIONS CONCERNED WITH HOURS OF WORK.
ENDS.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL WILL INCLUDE REFERENCE TO HOURS OF WORK
IN INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS,
3. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR USE IN ANSWERING
SUPPLEMENTARIES BY FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING.
STEWART.
FILES
H.K.D.
O.L.A.
MR. MORETON
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