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1. Amendment of the definition of intimidation in section 2 of the

Trade Union Registration Ordinance so as to restrict it to violence

or the threat of violence.

2. Amendment of section 46 of the same Ordinance to permit (a) consumer

picketing; for it is surely a legitimate measure to try to persuade clients and customers from patronising bad employers; and (b) the stopping of vehicles coming into the picketed premises for the purpose of peacefully persuading the driver and other occupants (e.., scabs and blacklegs brought in by the employer) not to go in. The present law of picketing was not designod for the motor car age but for a time when everyone went to work on foot.

3. Amendment of the Public Order Ordinance (a) to reduce the penalty for

unlawful assembly where the offence is committed by disorderly pickets; and (b) to secure that the Commissioner of Police must have reasonable grounds, which he must make known to the organisers, for prohibiting any public gathering.

4. Introduction into Hongkong legislation equivalent to the United

Kingdom 1965 Trade Disputes Act.

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