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WRITTEN ANSWER
Lord BROCKWAY asked Her Majesty's Government:
on what grounds the Hong Kong Social Workers'
General Union representing disadvantaged
employees in voluntary agencies (providing
approximately 90 per cent of welfare in Hong
Kong) are denied recognition by the Government,
although the agencies are heavily subsidised from
public funds.
Lord CARRINGTON:
The Union was formally registered by
the Hong Kong Government on the 6th of February 1980 as a
trade union under the Trade Unions Ordinance. As such it
enjoys all the rights and obligations under the Ordinance.
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- 3 NOV 1980