Enclosure No. 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong,
#bff. .....8.th. Julx,.............192 7.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...10.....................of 192 7.
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1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled an
Ordinance to declare and amend the law relating to illegal
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strikes and lock-outs, to amend the law relating to intimida-
tion and to breaches of contracts of service in certain
special cases, to promote the independence of trade unions
established within the Colony, and for purposes connected with
the aforesaid purposes, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance
is one which is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
2.
The main object of this Ordinance is to arm the Colony
against strikes, like the general strikes of 1922 and 1925,
which are designed or calculated to coerce the Goverment by
inflicting hardship upon the community. It is also intended
to strengthen the law against intimidation, and to free Hong
Kong trade unions from the risk of being dominated by organiza-
tions outside the Colony.
It deals also with illegal
lock-outs. It is based chiefly on the Trade Disputes and