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Reference........

Mr. Hurst, Dy. 0.L.A.

Mr. Eaton,Legal Adviser.

Baton

Hong Kong Trade Union Registration (Amendment) Bill 1971.

Please see Mr. Laird's minute of II Januar ry.

To answer Mr. Chan's paragraph 2, I suggest the inclusion

of the following as paragraph 4 of our reply:-

2.

" Since the definition of "Employee", which in the original

Ordinance refers to a person employed on the staff of a

Trade Union, is changed in the proposed Amendment Bill

to refer to workmen who are members of a Trade Union, it is

necessary to use the word "clerk" to define persons employed

on the staff of a Trade Union. It is not intended that

any obligation will be imposed on "clerks" which was not

imposed on "employees" by the original Ordinance."

It appears that the points raised in Mr. Chan's paragraph

4 have been answered in the proposed paragraph 3 in your minute

of 5 January.

3.

I should be grateful for your comments.

t

am

happy with

by you & Mr. Hurst.

Mr. hand.

G.F.Kinnear

Hong Kong Dept.

15.1.71

the draft as amended

M.R. Eaton

0871

Draft letter agreed by OLA and Legal Advisor is attached with craft subminia

now See 14

79/1/71

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