Annex D
International Labour Conventions Applicable in Hong Kong
1. The constitution of the ILO requires that, when a Member
State ratifies a Convention, that Convention shall be applied to
the non-metropolitan territories for whose international relations
it is responsible to, the extent that this is possible having
regard to local conditions, except in cases where the subject
matter of the Convention is within the self-govering powers
of the territory.
In the latter circumstance the Member State
is required to bring the Convention to the notice of the Government
of the territory with a view to action being taken by that
Government to enable the Convention to be applied.
2. With the exception of a few Conventions which were devised
specifically for acceptance by non-netropolitan territories,
declarations of application cannot be made until the Convention
in question has been ratified by the UK Government. 67 Conven-
tions have beon so ratified by the UK, including 2 Conventions
which concerned the rovision of the IO's Constitution and one
other to which non-metropolitan Governments are not parties.
One recently ratified Convention is still under consideration
by non-metropolitan Governments.
3. As at 1 June 1974, 20 Conventions had boen declared fully
applied to Hong Kong and 10 had been declared applied with some
modification. This compares with an average number of declarations
of full application in British non-metropolitan territories
/ (including