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Thursday, July 19, 1973

TRADE UNION REGISTRATION

There were 338 registered trade unions in Hong Kong at the

end of June, according to the Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J.R. Allen.

Of these 281 were workers unions, 46 employers unions and

11 mixed unions of workers and employers.

During the first quarter of this financial year, three new unions

were added to the register while three were removed.

The new unions are the Hong Kong Fire Services Department

Expatriate Officers Association, the Association of Government Cartographers

and the Bulldozer Drivers Union,

Removed from the register were the Hong Kong and Kowloon Roast

and Preserved-Meat Employers and Workers General Association, the Hong

Kong and Kowloon Rickshaw Pullers Union and the Hong Kong Air Terminal

Services Ltd. Employees Association.

Four applications for registration were also in hand at the end

of the quarter.

During the period under review, 25 applications for registration

of alterations concerning management, welfare benefits and other matters

were approved and registered.

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