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W BARBARA CASME

FIRST SECRETARY OF STA TË

HOUSE OF COMMONS

LONDON

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PASSAGE OF YOUR

EQUAL PAY BILL, THE CULMINATION OF YOUR YEARS OF EFFORT TO END

EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE LABOUR BY UNSCRUPULOUS

EMPLOYERS.

TEN YEARS AGO YOU ASKED QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT ABOUT:

EXPLOITATION OF

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WOMEN TEACHERS IN HONGKONG GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THANKS

LARGELY TO THOSE QUESTIONS THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT IN 1965

ADOPTED THE POLICY THAT WHERE MEN AND WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT

SERVICE ARE DOING EQUAL WORK OR SIMILAR WORK OF

VIRTUALLY EQUAL VALUE THEY SHOULD RECEIVE THE SAME WAGE OR

SALARY AND THAT THERE

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SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENTITATION BETWEEN MARRIED AND SINGLE WOMEN.

MEN AND WOMEN GOVERNMENT TEACHERS IN HONGKONG ARE DOING

EQUAL WORK, BUT ARE STILL DENIED EQUAL PAY AND EQUAL

TREATMENT FOR MARRIED AND SINGLE WOMEN.

YOUR EQUAL PAY BILL HAS NOW HADE SUCH DISCRIMINATION ILLEGAL

IN BRITAIN,

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(WE HOPE BRITISH LAW APPLIES TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF

BRIRITSH CROWN COLONIES AND THAT YOU AND YOUR FELLOW

MINISTER AT THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS,

MRS JUDITH HART, CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE NO LONGER DENIED EQUAL

PAY AND ABOLITION OF THE MARRIAGE BAR. MANY PROTESTS AND

مع

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APPEALS ON THESE MATTERS TO SUCCESSIVE SECRETARIES OF

STATE AND ONE TO THE QUEEN HAVE PROVED FRUITLESS.

WE URGE YOU TO LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP.

CMR TSIN SAI-NIN)

CHAIRMAN

CMISS T. BONE, J. P..

CMR CHOY KAR-LOND

VICE-CHAIRMAN

MISS LAU YUEN-CHEUR)

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HON. ADVISERS

CMR HENRY H. L. HUD

HON. LEGAL ADVISER

FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF

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HONGKONG GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL WORKERS

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G/4 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFCES,

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