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MDHIAN 2837.
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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 409.
OF 13035OZ FEBRUARY 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 165: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS (ILCS).
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT ILC NO. 63 CONTINUES TO APPLY TO HONG KONG UNTIL ILC NO. 160 IS APPLIED TO HONG KONG. AS THE DECLARATION OF APPLICATION OF IL NO. 160 TO HONG KONG WILL HELP TO PUT THE RECORD STRAIGHT, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD TAKE EARLY ACTION WITH THE ILO AS IN OUR TELNO 3653 OF 20.11.91.
2.
IN LIGHT OF YOUR ADVICE, WE WILL AMEND OUR DRAFT PAPER ON ILCS REFERRED TO IN OUR TELNO 67 AS FOLLOWS:
(A) PARA 2, FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ:
'AT PRESENT, 48 ILCS ARE APPLIED IN HONG KONG, OF WHICH 29 ARE APPLIED IN FULL AND 19 APPLIED WITH MODIFICATION'.
(B) PARA 2, LAST SENTENCE: REPLACE IT WITH:
"WHEN THE DECLARATION OF APPLICATIONS OF ILC NO.160 IS
MADE IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG, ILC NO. 63 WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE DENOUNCED. A LIST OF THESE 49 ILCS, EXCLUDING ILC NO. 63, IS AT ANNEX B'.
3. IF YOU AGREE, WE WILL NOW HAND THE PAPER OVER TO THE CHINESE
SIDE.
WILSON
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