(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
The success of the recently-established Labour Tribunals (para. 71).
The preference of the Hong Kong worker for income rather than leisure (para. 30) although para. 63 subsequently reveals that there have been letters to the press in support of the introduction of paid annual holidays and a reduction in juvenile overtime.
Workers include pensions among their "top priorities"
(para. 55).
Trade union legislation has not been a substantial impediment to the formation and conduct of trade unions (para. 9)
(vii) The overall distribution of income and the actual impact of taxation and social provisions upon that distribution are mentioned as matters deserving further study (para. 10). The same paragraph also goes on to refer to the need to study in detail the reliability of Hong Kong's wage indices (a matter on which I have commented previously).
Conclusion
10. There has not been time to look in detail at Appendices A and B to the review but I understand from Professor Turner that his collaborators have now confirmed that his review incorporates their findings. Annex C has not of course been received as yet.
P.R.5. Aust
13 January 1977
HR G Hurst
Overseas Labour Adviser
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