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DRAFT Letter
To:-
Victor Feather Esq CBE General Secretary
Trades Union Congress Congress House
Great Russell Street London WC1
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From
Mr Royle
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
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Hong Kong: Trade Union Legislation
I am sorry that I have not been able to reply
sooner to your letter of 31 Décember about the
Hong Kong Trade Union Registration (Amendment)
Bill.
The meeting which took place between our
respective officials on 5 January was, I understand,
helpful in clearing up a number of points raised in
your note on the trade union legislation in Hong
Kong. I am sorry that you should regard the
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important changes made in the draft Bill as being
"subsidiary", since the amendments proposed deal
with the major objections that were raised from
a number of quarters against the Bill. I notice,
however, that included in your note were criticisms
of a number of aspects of Hong Kong trade union
legislation which relate to the principal Ordinance and not to the Bill currently under discussion for example, the objections that are raised against the
corporate status of trade unions; the lack of legal
protection for unregistered combinations acting as
a trade union for the purpose of a trade dispute;
and the de perso fines which can be imposed on
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