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villare serious deficiencies. The basic Ordinance (Chapter 61) is an amalgam of the
United Kingdom Trade Disputes Act of 1927
(introduced after the General Strike of 1926 and-
now repealed) and the United Kingdom Conspiracy
and Protection of Property Let of 1875, and has
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never been invoked You have moret
commented in your saving despatch under
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reference that it is difficult to conceive of circumstances in which, even as amended, it the law.
might be of practical value in view of the
that it is difficulties of enforcement. It is therefore en
the claims of the legislations largely
theoretical deterrent value that it is proposed diemaet it. to make it part of Hong Kongle permanent
This may have advantars. legislation. Whether this provides sufficient
s(largely
justification in itself for the legislation 15
to
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arguable but the extension of the penal scope
also
of the Ordinance without any specific counter-
providing
The sartlement of
vailing provision for settling any disputes
that might arise, is a defect of a major kind
which would seem at once to invalidate the
Ordinance as a piece of permanent legislation.
This miers seems to #during my Labour Adviser's visit in February
he shared her sous lacs to shared by employers pince
Come
1969, it was indicated by members of the
Employers Federation that it was a matter for
regret that what was being proposed did not
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what
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provide, mach
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4. It is questionable also whether the
Current
legislation as drafted is related to the situation
in the industrial relations field in Hong King
which has followed the "confrontation" of 1967.
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