CONFIDENTIAL
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Annual Report of the Application of International Labour Conventions to Hong Kong (1 January to 31 December 1977)
The present position on Hong Kong's compliance with International Labour Conventions is as follows
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72 conventions have been ratified by the UK
6 subsequently denounced (Nos. 4, 6,
18, 41, 43 and 88)
-1 conditionally ratified (No. 21)
2 inapplicable to Hong Kong as a non- metropolitan territory (Nos. 80 and 116)
1 ceased to apply because of convention No. 81 (No. 85)
1 on which no single and separate de- claration can be made (No. 83)
11 = 61
8 on which declarations have been made, by virtue of the ratification of con- vention No. 83 (Nos. 3, 14, 27, 58, 59, 77, 89 and 90)
The number of conventions which can be applied to Hong Kong is therefore 69.
2.
Hong Kong's declarations in respect of these 69
conventions are as follows -
Declaration
Applied without modification
Applied with modification
Decision reserved
No. of conventions
22
15
(incl 144)
31
New convention still being processed
1 ~ (1142)
App. I
Improvements during 1977
3.
Improved declarations have been proposed, or are ready for submission, in respect of six conventions (Nos. 17, 90, 94, 101, 141 and 144). These improvements are reflected in the summary in paragraph 2 above. Details are at Appendix I.
Improvements during 1978
4.
Improvements are expected to be made in 1978 in respect of a further six conventions (Nos. 17, 32, 42, 74,
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