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FM FCO 271730Z OCT 80
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 957 OF 27 OCTOBER.
PQ3: SOCIAL WORKERS' GENERAL UNION
1. LORD BROCKWAY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ:
TO ASK 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?
2. WE PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING DRAFT REPLY:
THE UNION WAS FORMALLY REGISTERED ON 8 FEBRUARY 1980 AS A
TRADE UNION UNDER THE TRADE UNIONS ORDI?ANCE.
FULLY RECOGNISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
3. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 291000Z.
CARRINGTON
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