TNAG-0090-FCO40-126-Social-welfare-working-conditions-in-Hong-Kong-1968 — Page 51

Draft/22.1.68

PQ.127/68

c.c. PQ.127/68 Mr.James; Mr. Thomas;

Mr. G.I. Brown,

Commonwealth Office.

Ernest Thornton, Esq., M.B.E.,

M.B.E., M.P.,

House of Commons

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I am sorry that I was not able to give you yesterday the

details for which you asked about overtime provisions reported by

Asian countries to the I.L.O. Although information about overtime

requirements is included in reports on ratified and unratified

Conventions on this subject, the I.L.O. do not extract it in

tabular form and do not publish any details.

The Office have, however, been able to let me have particulars

which were readily accessible about seven countries in Asia. Only

Ceylon (100 hours a year); Japan (150 hours a year); and

India (50 hours a quarter) give overtime limits in terms of longer

periods than a week, and I think you will get a clearer picture

from the fuller details enclosed.