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No.HKK5/33-1970
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Nick West-
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Department
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Sappreciate the Special reasons that have made
This necessary, at the present time. But 5 consider that
Your despatch No. 1137 of 10 October
reference CR4/3051/53/V
Trade Union Registration (Amendment)
Bill.
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I am glad to have had the opportunity
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above
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to comment on this draft Bill before you
refered it to your Labour Advisory Board
and other interested bodies in Hong Kong.
Indeed I regret having taken so long over"
N. P2. The amendments
making my comments. you propose are
Thio is an extensive
few exceptions, in the direction Amendment to your Trade Union Régistration
Fighter control of unions by the Requstrar of Trade Unions. Ordinance,and in general ferns I believe
that it is important from time to time to
review the statutory powers of the Registrar
Should be reviewed with a view to of Trade Unions/with the broad uriase,so
far as this can possibly be attained-in-
relaxing these controls under which Hong Kong, of normalizing spate union develo-mento The union's operate and with the broad purpose of But I apreciate the special difficultiéo
exengaging (so far as this can be attained in Hong Kong)
whie stand in the way of any material change:
of encouraging normal trade union development.
in the law, undesirably restrictive (in principle)
pont law
though that may blo
2. Still in general terms I am advised
that to the limited extent to which various
ILO Conventions apple in Hong Kong your
proposed Bill is not in conflict with inter-
national requirments.
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