TNAG-0088-FCO40-124-Social-welfare-working-conditions-in-Hong-Kong-1967 — Page 82

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April, 1967.

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I am sorry that you have not had an earlier reply to your letter of 22 March about hours of work in Hong Kong. Your letter has, however, been awaiting my return from a visit to New York,

Bermuda and Bahamas.

In regard to the first paragraph of your letter, I think that what I said at our meeting of 16 February was that the Hong Kong Government proposed to disregard the report of a Working Party consisting of representatives of employers' organisations under the Chairmanship of the Commissioner of Labour which recommended against legislation for a further reduction of hours at this time; and that it proposed instead to support recommendations made in a minority report by the

Commissioner of Labour, to make statutory orders

for reduced hours of work in selected industries.

I then went on to say that the drafting of a memorandum for presentation to the Executive Council was nearing completion and that the memorandum would probably be put to the Executive Council in about two weeks' time.

You will be glad to know that the Hong Kong

Executive Council agreed on 7 March to put before the

Labour Advisory Board proposals in the form of

J. GREENHALGH, ESQ.

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