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arising can be dealt with when these items are reached today.
Are you agreeable?
Item 3: Hong Kong
4.
Professor Turner's Interim and
Provisional Review of Labour Relations in the Colony
A background paper on developments in Hong Kong during
the last year has been circulated with the agenda. This
indicates that progress has been made on matters which I
know are of continuing interest in this country.
We can
return to this paper later if members so desire. But I
expect that interest today centres on Professor Turner's
interim report on the trade union and industrial relations
situation in Hong Kong and if members agree we shall
concentrate on that. A covering paper on Professor Turner's
report has also been circulated by our Secretary which
summarises the main recommendations and suggests several
matters which members might feel require further consideration
or elucidation by Professor Turner. The meeting today is in
fact opportune since it gives us the chance of saying what
further information we should ask Professor Turner to provide
in the final phase of his review. I will ask a representative
of the TUC to open our discussion and then I hope a CBI
representative will tell us of the CBI's reactions to this
report.
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The Head of Hong Kong Department, Mr Stewart,
will be in attendance for this item.
Backround (to be drawn upon a appuild)
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The points set out in paragraph'6 of the covering
memorandum OLCC (1977) 1A take into account what we know
of the TUC's initial reactions to the interim review.
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