Tuesday, January 16, 1973
REGISTRATION OF TRADE UNIONS
There were 335 registered trade unions in Hong Kong at the end
of last year.
Of these, 277 were employees' unions,46 employers' unions and
12 mixed unions.
According to statistics issued by the Registrar of Trade Unions,
three employees' unions were removed from and one was added to the
register kept by the department during the last quarter of 1972.
The three trade unions removed from the register were the Hong
Kong Cross-Harbour Tunnel Workers General Union, the Society of Civil
Servants, Ministry of Defence Section, Hong Kong Branch, and the Association
of Government Supervisors and Radio Officers. The one added to the
register was the Hong Kong and Kowloon Electronics Industry Employees
General Union.
quarter.
Four applications for registration were also received during the
The Registrar reported that in the same period, 57 applications
for registration of alterations of rules by trade unions were approved
and four employees' unions and two employers' associations were warned for
failing to submit their applications for registration of alterations to
their rules within the statutory period of 30 days.
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