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YOUR TELNO 81: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS (ILCS)
PARA 1(A): OUR RECORDS INDICATE THAT U.K. DENOUNCED ILC NO. 63 ON 27.5.87. YOU ADVISED THAT HK WOULD BE RELEASED FROM THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER ILC NO. 63 FROM THAT DATE (YOUR TELNO 836 OF 29.3.88). GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT ILC NO. 63 NO LONGER
APPLIES TO HK.
2. PARA 1(B):
WE CONFIRM OUR INTENTION THAT THE DECLARATIONS
WILL BE MADE AS IN ANNEX A.
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WE BELIEVE THAT DISCREPANCIES IN THE DATES OF APPLICATION HAVE ARISEN BECAUSE OUR DATES INDICATE WHEN DECLARATIONS WERE FIRST REGISTERED IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG. WE THINK THESE DATES SHOULD BE SET OUT BUT ARE PREPARED TO ADD THE DATES OF REGISTRATION OF THE LATEST IMPROVED DECLARATIONS IN ANNEX B, WHERE APPROPRIATE. WE BELIEVE HOWEVER THAT THE DATES OF REGISTRATION OF THE LATEST IMPROVED DECLARATIONS FOR LABOUR CONVENTIONS NO. 14 AND NO. 101 SHOULD BE 27.2.85, INSTEAD OF 27.4.84 AS IN TUR. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION.
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