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Friday, May 18, 1973

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR ATTENDS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

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The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Mr. I.R. Price, will leave

Hong Kong on Sunday (May 20) to attend the 58th International Labour

Conference in Geneva as an adviser to the U.K. Government delegation.

He will travel to Geneva via London, where he will attend a

preliminary briefing.

The agenda of the conference includes items of interest to Hong

Kong such as the minimum age for employment and social repercussions of

new methods of cargo handling on the waterfront.

Mr. Price will return to Hong Kong on June 29.

Release time: 7.30 p.m.