strike was illegal under Section
A further general objection
is the direct involvement of the
Governor in Council in judgement
on the legality or otherwise of
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specific disputes around some of
which at least deep public feeling
may have been aroused.
6. I should be grateful therefore if you
would reconsider the proposed amendments to
the Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance
the Illegal Strike an
in the light of the foregoing comments.
It
would, I consider, be unwise to seek to enact
permanent legislation along these lines.
Improved legislation to deal with strikes
and lock-outs in essential services is certainly
but I shared be gatime If you would Exanime
needed, it would be preferable to allow
the existing legislation which fulfils no useful purpose (except perhaps as a remote deterrent) to lapse and to prepare a new and
comprehensive Bill containing inter alia provisions of a more specifie kind than is
at-present contained in Hong Kong Legislation for the settlement of disputes.
the feasibility of binging your proposals
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