PLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT
EPARTMENT
GROUP
DEPARTMENT
CONFIDENTIAL
Dr S D Harkin
Hong Kong Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
LONDON SW1A 2AH
61
Department of Employment
Caxton House Tothill Street
London SW1H 9NF Telephone 01-273 3000 GTN Code 273
Telex 915564
Fax 01-273 5124
Direct line 01-273
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HKC C31/0
Date 15 January 1992
#2002
Dear Dr Harkin
HONG KONG: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS
TREATIES: INTERNATIONAL
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1. Thank you for your
letter of 14 January covering telegrams from Hong Kong and a draft paper concerning the application of ILO Conventions by Hong Kong.
2.
position with
regard
to
the
Conventions
The current mentioned in the Hong Kong telegram is as follows:
applied
35(2)
(a) Convention No 14 (Weekly Rest (Industry))
declaration made under Article with modification; of ILO Constitution registered on 27 April 1984.
(b)
Convention
declaration
not
No
yet
23
made
of (Repatriation
pending consultations
Seamen)
with
Chinese.
Pay (Agriculture))
27
(c) Convention No 101 (Holidays with applied with modification; declaration registered on April 1984.
(d) Convention
(Fishermen))
-
No
126 declaration not
(Accommodation
yet
of
made
Crews pending
consultations with Chinese.
(e)
declaration
not yet made pending consultations with Chinese.
Convention No
Statistics) 160 (Labour
that
is Hong Kong
requesting
that declarations these Conventions of 28
3. I note should now be sent to the ILO in respect of in accordance with the details provided in their letter May 1991 to ILA. Since this letter has not been copied
to us,
I am unable to take any further action at this stage. However, if you could arrange for a copy of that letter to be forwarded to me, I shall liaise with your UN Department to ensure that the
is taken appropriate action registered at the ILO.
for the
declarations to
be
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