HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION
BULLETIN
Part II
Wednesday, March 24, 1971
TRADE UNION REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL
Ensure Integrity Of Union Officials
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Unofficial Legislative Councillor, Dr, S.Y. Chung, said today
he welcomed the introduction of the Trade Union Registration (Amendment)
Bill to provide a frame work for proper management of trade unions and
ensure the integrity of union officials.
Supporting the second reading of the bill at the Legislative
Council meeting, he said he was pleased to see that the Government has
acceded to all but one of the changes proposed by various labour and
industrial sectors.
When the draft bill was published for comments last year, certain
representations were made to the UMELCO Office, and the majority of UMELCO
members were sympathetic with most of the objections.
Dr. Chung appealed to the Government to take a lead in "exerting
greater efforts to educate and train trade union leaders and officials."
He said the lack of labour leadership in Hong Kong was the greatest
obstacle for the rapid progress of industrial relations in an industrial
society. Unless good labour leadership emerged, there would be no significant
and real progress in industrial relations.
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