labour attache service;
and related questions."
Victor Feather first wrote to the Secretary of State
on 24 September 1970 saying that he had received
information from Hong Kong about a Bill to amend
the Trade Union Registration Ordinance.
The letter
went on to say that a preliminary study of the
proposed amendments suggested that some of them
may prove to be unduly restrictive"; the hope was
expressed that no action would be taken before there
had been time for proper study and si discussion of
these proposals.
The matter subsequently came up
for discussion at a meeting of the OLCC on 30 October 1970
where, in view of the detail and scope of the TUC's
criticisms, it was proposed that a separate meeting
be held with the TUC to go into their complaints in
detail. This was the meeting of 5 January 1971.
The discussions took place, therefore, under the
umbrella of an official Ministerial Committee.
hope this explanation allays your doubts.
I
May I take this opportunity of asking that a reply
now be sent to the Note handed by Mr Peter C K Chan
to Mr Royle at his meeting with the Members of the
Urban Council during his visit to Hong K ng last
October. A copy of that note is enclosed. The
reply should, we suggest, take thefollowing form
"I understand that when Mr Royle met the Members of
the Urban Council during his visit to Hong Kong last
October you handed him a note about the Trade Union
Registration (Amendment) Bill.
Now that the Bill has been published prior to
introduction into thd Legislative Council, Mr Royle
has asked me to say that he hopes you will agree
that the proposed new legislation will contribute
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that the amendments
made to the Bill
go a long way to meeting your objections
and
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