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INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTION ON HONG KONG
(1) Conference notes recent attention has been drawn to British res- ponsibility for the consequences of colonial exploitation in Hong Kong and in particular notes with concern that, despite being one of the top twenty trading nations in the world, social services and protection for the working people of Hong Kong, who produce this wealth, are either lacking or totally inadequate. London is responsible for the totally un- democratic and repressive nature of the colonial regime which has carried out strike-breaking, and the smashing of peaceful student demon- strations with arrests and imprisonment.
(2) Conference draws attention to the recent resolution passed at the 1974 TUC Congress calling for a full inquiry into social conditions in Hong Kong, the full implementation of hitherto ignored ILO Conventions and the enactment of overdue legislation on minimum wages, paid maternity leave, maximum hours of work for males over 18, sickness benefits, unemployment insurance, insurance provisions for widows with young children, free medical treatment and compulsory education.
(3) Conference instructs (a) the Executive to send a message of solidarity to the Federation of Student Unions in Hong Kong supporting their struggles for democratic rights; (b) the Executive to give the fullest possible support to organisations in Britain and Hong Kong en- gaged in publicising the true facts about Britain's most important colony; (c) Constituent Organisations to invite speakers to publicise the situation in Hong Kong and to set up committees to give support and assistance to workers and students struggling for democratic rights in Hong Kong; (d)
(a) the Executive to publicise the economic and political links between Britain and Hong Kong and the repressive and exploitative nature of the Hong Kong regime; (e) the Executive to prepare material and posters to publicise the struggle of workers and students in Hong kong.
P.T.0. for background information on Hong Kong.