V
IN
6 SEP 1974
HONGAID LONDON
PA LON
PA SPECIAL BY TELEX TO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE (28404) 1 TUC
2. T.U.C. ON HONG KONG LABOUR
IF THE 1,000 OR SO DELEGATES TO THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS AT BRIGHTON WERE TAKEN AS A CROSSECTION, IT WAS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT 200 OF THEM WOULD BE WEARING HONG KONG SHIRTS, THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE TAILORS AND GARMENT WORKERS UNION, MR J. MACGOUGAN, TOLD CONGRESS DURING A SHORT DEBATE ON HONG KONG TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE PROPOSED A MOTION REQUESTING THE GENERAL COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND THE STATE OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE COLONY AND, WHERE NECESSARY, PUT PRESSURE ON THE U.K. GOVERNMENT TO EFFECT IMPROVEMENTS BY MORE EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION,
MF 6/9 ET
PA SPECIAL BY TELEX TO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE 2 TUC
THE MOTION FURTHER REQUESTED THE GENKRAL COUNCIL TO SEEK TO EXTEND THE VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
INSTRUMENTS TO HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY FULL RATIFICATION OF THAT ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANISE AND ON THE RIGHT TO ORGANISE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY.
MR MACCOUGAN SAID THAT HIS UNION WANTED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM BY RAISING THE STANDARD OF LIFE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THERE WAS GROSS EXPLOITATION OF CHILD LABOUR THERE. HE ALLEGED.
MF 6/9 ET
PA SPECIAL BY TELEX TO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
3 TUC
ONLY TWO PERCENT OF THE HONG KONG BUDGET WAS SPENT ON SOCIAL WELFARE AND THIS WAS A DISGRACE, HE ADDED.
THE MOTION WAS FORMALLY SECONDED AND APPROVED. END 6/9 ET
P A LON
HONGAID LONDON