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contributions should be compulsory against 48% who disagreed.
The balance of 11% was indifferent.
6.
It should be noted that four Chinese Government
controlled organisations were included in the original
sample frame, but they all politely declined to participate
by informing the liaison staff of the Home Affairs
Department that they would telephone when a convenient time
for the interview could be found. No such telephone calls
were received from any of these organisations.
..
On the other
hand, a briefing seminar held by the Labour Department on
the Green Paper on Social Security Development was attended
by five HKFTU affiliated trade unions whose officials
took an active and responsible part in the seminar. This
was in contrast to the generally unresponsive attitude
hitherto shown by left-wing trade unions to any approaches
made by the Labour Department.
7.
In the second place, the government considered
comments received from various sources such as the debate
on the subject in the Legislative Council, the Social
Welfare Advisory Committee, the Labour Advisory Board,
the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, employers'
organisations, trade union representatives and private
individuals. These views coincided largely with the
findings of the opinion survey. There was general agreement
on the need for better protection for employees through the
new benefits in the proposed scheme. As between a semi-
voluntary and a fully compulsory scheme, there was a clear
preference for a compulsory scheme, particularly from
employers' associations. At the same time however, the
Joint Associations Committee on Employer/Employee Relations
(representing the General Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese
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