IOP COPY
EN CLAIR
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ΤΟ HONG KONG
IMMEDIATE
TELNO 113
UNCLASSIFIED
11 FEBRUARY 1969 (HKK 5/15)
ERNEST THORNTON HAS TABLED FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER:
BEGINS:
TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE IF HE IS AWARE OF REPRESENT-
ATIONS BEING MADE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WITH A VIEW TO
AMENDING THE LABOUR LAWS SO AS TO PERMIT THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
AND YOUNG PERSONS IN TEXTILE FACTORIES; AND IF HE WILL GIVE AN UNDERTAKING THAT HE WILL WITHHOLD HIS CONSENT TO SUCH AMENDMENT
OF THE LAW IN THE COLONY.
ANSWER.
ENDS.
COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE MATERIAL AND COMMENTS FOR
PLEASE REPLY BY NOON, 12 FEBRUARY 1969.
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