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for offences comited
during the disturbances
in 1967. All were
fred in
деет сотво
open
And were given an
appartmanity to defend the mutetres. They are all eligible for nomal remission and in
addition
the reform of the Urban Council and I expect to
Scon
receive the Governor's proposals before long-.
Labour Questions
7. Wages are high by Asian standards and in
general, conditions of work in Hong Kong are
second only to those in Japan amongst Asian
countries. Over the last decade the real wages
of workers in the manufacturing industries have
risen by an average of 5.7% per annum. A wide
ranging legislative programme, including an
Industrial Relations Bill and the establishment
of Labour Courts, is under consideration.
Request for Loan from HMG for Extension of
Airport
8. The difficulties in the way of granting a
a loan for the development of the airport have
been explained to the Hong Kong Government.
Link Between Confrontation Prisoners in Hong
Kong and British Subjects Detained in January
9. (Just as we
Meerfcopout British
-China Jär
subjects detained in us, so have The Guvemment have
on many orecsions
Chinese [expressed concern to us about the
primers
gemmentets serving prison sentences in Hong Kong
But I must make it clear that The sentences of
resumed regularly long-term prisoners are remitted solely in
mores Hong Kong jorison mees.
accordunce with the normal procedures under
present rules for the review of rieeners serv-
ing long-term sentences. This procedure does
not affect the use of the Governor's rrerepetive
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