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termination of the contract by a worker, without

commitment to repay any part of the expenses incurred

by the employer in regard to his passage to the United

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Kingdom. The Hong Kong Government require the

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to expect an

employer who recruits alien workers from so far away

as Hong Kong to bear the sole responsibility for the

recruitment expenses that he incurs.

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The Hong Kong Government do not deny that their

requirement is unfavourable to an employer in

circumstances where an unscrupulous worker walks out

on his contract after having obtained a passage to the

United Kingdom at his employer's expense.

There are,

however, legitimate circumstances in which a worker

might reasonably wish to terminate a contract which he

has signed without full knowledge of working conditions

in this country. The Hong Kong Government have gone

someway towards making it more difficult for the

unscrupulous worker to terminate employment, by

extending the period of notice recommended in their

model contract, from 1 month to 3 months. They have

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not, however, been able to devise a suitable alternative

provision which would safeguard the employer against

abuses while, at the same time, protecting the interests

of the Chinese workers proceeding abroad for employment.

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It is this latter consideration which it is, of course,

the essential purpose of the legislation to provide.

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The second aspect of the passages problem is the

employer's liability to bear the repatriation expenses

of the alien worker whom he has brought to this

/country

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