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NOTE ON THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS TO HONG KONG
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The constitution of the ILO requires that when a Member State ratifies a Convention, that Convention shall be applied to the non-metropolitan territories forwhose international relations it is responsible to the extent that this is possible, having regard to local conditions, except*that where the subject matter of the Convention is within the self-governing 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.
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With the exception of a few Conventions which were devised specifically for acceptance by non-metropolitan territories, declarations of application cannot be made until the Convention in question has been ratified by the UK Government. 67 Conventions have been so ratified by As at 1 June 1974, 20 Conventions had been declared fully applied to Hong Kong and 10 had been declared applied with some modification. Two further dec- larations, one of full application and one of modified application are in the process of being registered. This compares with an average number of declarations of full application in British non-metropolitan territories (including those which are self-governing in labour matters) of 23 and of 5 of modified application. For purposes of comparison with Member States in the area, it should be noted that 31 Conventions have been ratified by Japan, 18 by the Philippines, 8 by Malaysia, 8 by Indonesia and 21 by Singapore.
A decision has been reserved in respect of the applic- ation of 347 to Hong Kong. A declaration in these terms has been registered with the ILO and this has the effect that the requirements of these Conventions are kept under constant review, the intention being that any changes in law and practice should be con- sistent with these requirements.
29 October 1974
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Miss M M Swan
Gibraltar & General Dept
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