24 Janup 1977!
Notices of Motions
Notices of Motions for which no days have been fixed, continued
68 SOCIAL PROGRESS IN HONG KONG
Sư Paul Bran
Mr Dan Jones
Mr A. P. Costain
Mr Rou Lewis
Sir Anthony Royle
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Sir George Sinclair That this House congratulates the people and government of Hong Kong on creating in a small space of land devoid of raw materials, a community with the highest standard of living of any country in the Far East except Japan; on rousiving the flood of immigrants who have chosen to live and continue to choose to live in Hong Kong; on dealing with 5 the immense social problems inherent in a population which has increased eightfold since the war; in creating conditions under which the people of Hong Kong have freedom and the opportunity to work and increase their incomes at all leveia; urges the Hong Kong Government to persevere with the 10-year programme which has already produced notable advances in housing, education, medical services, labour legislation, social welfare 10 and partnerstup between govemment and governed: welcomes the assurances of the Prime Minister with regard to the progressive implementation of the ILO conventions : and endorses the need to preserve the goodwill that exists between Hong Kong and China
As Amendments to Sir Paul Bryan's proposed Motion (Social Progress in Hong Kong) :
Mr Roben Parry
Mr Ronald Atkins
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Line 3, kave out from 'Japan' to end and add 'but is concerned that there is no real social progress among the nauve-born Chinese in line with the growth in wealth; that there are an estimated 50,000 children who drop out from school a year; and thai the incidence of child labour is still far too high, as highlighted in the recent Granada
World in Action ***. programme
Mr Frank Hooley Mr Ronald Atkins
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Line 13, at end add 'regrets however the absence of democratic institutions or trade union nights and deplores the waste of £40 million per annum on maintaining a British military garrison in a Chinese city in which the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom is not recognised by the government of the People's Republic of China '.
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