Registry No.
DRAFT
letter
Type 1 +
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential,
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
To:-
Peter C K Chan Esq
Member of Urban Council Hong Kong
From
A Royle Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
I have now had time to read the paper which you kindly
gave to me recently in Hong Kong in which you comment
on the draft Trade Union Registration (Amendment) Bill.
I should like to emphasise that it/is the practice of
the Hong Kong Government/to publish legislation of this
type before it is introduced into Legislative Council.
This gives all sections of opinion an opportunity to
express views about the legislation, which can be taken
into account before or during the passage of the
legislation through the Legislature. This procedure
has been followed in the present case.
As a result of the representations received, you will
be glad to know that offences against "public order"
will not be included among those offences which debar
persons from holding union office for a period of five
years and that the clause adding "obstruction" to the
icketing lay has been deleted. After very careful
consideration, however, it is still felt that picketing
of private residences should not be permitted though
this amendment will not restrict the right to picket
a building which is both a residence and a place of
work.
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Since the definition of "Employee", which in the orig-
inal Ordinance refers to a person employed on the staff
of a Trade Union, is changed in the proposed Amendment
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