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PROPILON TULAR'. A. Joitui DTUDY OF LABOUR KUJIONS IN HONG KONG
1. I have had several conversations today with ir Hargreaves, lead of the UC's International Department, about this report which may reveal the type of questions we shall have to answer when TUC representatives voice their opinions at the OLCC meeting on 29 april.
2. frargreaves has seized on the significance of a paragraph which appears in Irofessor Fart's report on page xx of appendix A. In summały Frofessor art is saying that for so long as the predominant communist sector of the Hong Kong trade union movement prefers to remain nuiescent, then we should look to existing and future labour legislation and the development of social security/social services to secure improvements for wage earners in the colony. Dome questions may be asked, therefore, about our intentions with retard to social security, development of the long on educational syster and the provision of housing. Jeveloping this same theme hr Hargreaves went on to ponder whether there might be a place for trade union representation on bodies dealing with the development of these social services even if they are reluctant to play a part, through collective bargaining, in an industrial relation system. I rointed to the appointment in Cetober 1976 of four persons, including one trade unionist, to give a broader social mix to the composition of Hong Kong's Legislative Council and said that the Governor could claim with reason that wage earners' interests were now represented to some degree in the Council. fir liar; enves replied that more was needed. In Britain it is not sufficient to have or to r ly on trade union sponsored MPs in the House of Commons: trade unions are represented all down the line in all forms of advisory and consultative committeer. He then asked whether in Urban Government there is any possibility of trade union representation. be went on to say Hat trude unionists in Hong Kong should also be associated with the nou ing authority, the expansion of the educational sveten and of medical services. le clearly thought that if udvisory bodies existed for these purposes, they should include trade union representatives. In r Harreaves' words "The Hong Kong Government should be looking on this kind of role for the trade union movement".
3. If possible, I think we should seek to answer as many of these question as possible. I wonder if the Ion on" Government ;roduces any form of remort which will be useful to ap largreaves. For example, I have a copy of a report entitled "on
Tontong 1973" published in that year by the on- one Goverment press. Is there I More recent version of this report and does it show the existence and composition of any advisory booris. for example the 1973 report in my possession reveals at nare 53 that the Director of ducation huican of the
Aucation which advises the votermon on educational matters. Is there a trade union representative on the Board' Does the Housing authority mentioned in Chapter 9 or +
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