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Telegram to :-
HONG KONG
No.
1017
(Date)
Repeat to :--
IMMEDIATE
چاله
F.O.,
(Date).
23.5.67 85
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telegram No.1017 (date)
repeated for information ip
24MAY 1967
In Tel. C.
Following for Galsworthy from Hall.
En Clair.
Cypher
Distribution:-
Departmental
Fo
Mr.Leach (ODM) Miss Ogilvie
(ODM) (as
240
Labour Situation.
Most grateful for your
We have
detailed account of present position.
discussed with Minister of State and our views
are as follows.
2.
It is in the highest degree important that we
should achieve quickly a positive improvement
in labour conditions notwithstanding that this
alone is unlikely to make a significant impact
on present peet situation. Public opinion here has been disturbed for a long time about'
labour conditions in Hong Kong and these
conditions are inevitably linked whether rightly
Initiatives or wrongly with present situation.
open to us are limited but this is an area where
we are all agreed progress has been too slow
and where the power to act rests in our hands.
3. In the light of past experience it would
seem unwise to embark on phased programmes
or reviews without an agreed timetable.
decided what we consider ought to be done, we
should if necessary make it clear that we are
prepared to carry improvements through to the
extent of using the Official Majority.
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