Oonvention No. 8: Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck), 1920
Observation 1991
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Further to its earlier comments, the Committee notes with interest the Government's statement that the proposed Hong Kong Seafarers Bill, which will make provisions for the requirements under Article 2 of the Convention, is now in the final drafting stage and is expected to be enacted in early 1991. The Committee therefore hopes that the above Bill will be adopted in the near future and that it will give full effect to this Article of the Convention while eliminating any restrictions provided for by the United Kingdom Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (applicable to Hong Kong) regarding the unemployment indemity of seamen who did not make reasonable efforts to save the ship and the persons and property carried in it. The Committee asks the Government to supply information on any progress made in this regard.