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Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

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In Confidence

DRAFT

SAVING DESPATCH

To:-

Nick West-

Plse velipe draft

Type 1 + as

From

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

iin

Sappreciate the Special reasons that have made

This necessary, at the present time. But 5 consider that

Your despatch No. 1137 of 10 October

reference CR4/3051/53/V

Trade Union Registration (Amendment)

Bill.

1362

I am glad to have had the opportunity

The

above

J'

to comment on this draft Bill before you

refered it to your Labour Advisory Board

and other interested bodies in Hong Kong.

Indeed I regret having taken so long over"

N. P2. The amendments

making my comments. you propose are

Thio is an extensive

few exceptions, in the direction Amendment to your Trade Union Régistration

Fighter control of unions by the Requstrar of Trade Unions. Ordinance,and in general ferns I believe

that it is important from time to time to

review the statutory powers of the Registrar

Should be reviewed with a view to of Trade Unions/with the broad uriase,so

far as this can possibly be attained-in-

relaxing these controls under which Hong Kong, of normalizing spate union develo-mento The union's operate and with the broad purpose of But I apreciate the special difficultiéo

exengaging (so far as this can be attained in Hong Kong)

whie stand in the way of any material change:

of encouraging normal trade union development.

in the law, undesirably restrictive (in principle)

pont law

though that may blo

2. Still in general terms I am advised

that to the limited extent to which various

ILO Conventions apple in Hong Kong your

proposed Bill is not in conflict with inter-

national requirments.

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