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TO PRIORITY F.C.O. TELEGRAM NUMBER 133 OF 26 FEBRUARY 1971:
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE
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FURTHER TO MY TELEGRAM 130.
TRADE UNION REGISTRATION CAMENDMENT) BILL.
THE FOLLOWING PRESS STATEMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED TODAY:-
-1 NAD 1971
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''THE TEXT OF THE TRADE UNION REGISTRATION CAMENDMENT) BILL
1971, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, FOLLOWS
GENERALLY, EXCEPT FOR SOME CHANGES, THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT BILL ISSUED
AS A DEPARTMENTL WORKING DOCUMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR,
MR. R.M.HETHERINGTON IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. AT THAT TIME, THE
COMMISSIONER SAID THAT HE WOULD WELCOME GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE
DRAFT BILL.
MR. HETHERINGTON SAID YESTERDAY THAT SUCH CHANGES AS HAVE BEEN
MADE IN THE BILL HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE ADVICE GIVEN BY THE
LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE BOTH VERBALLY AND IN
WRITING BY ORGANISATONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO STUDIED THE ORIGINAL
TEXT,
QUOTE THE MAIN AIM OF THE BILL, UNQUOTE SAID MR. HETHERINGTON,
QUOTE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE MORE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION
OF UNION AFFAIRS. UNQUOTE. TO PROTECT ORDINARY MEMBERS OF A UNION
AGAINST CONTROL OF THE UNION FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF PERSONS WITH
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