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La.

Hong Kong FED

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on

37W

2nd November 1970

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

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3pm. Friday 30/10 Зам

Mr. Frank Judd (Fortsmouth, West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will make a statement on his recent discussions with the Government of Hong Kong concerning the proposed amendments to the Hong Kong Trade Union Registration Ordinance.

Mr. Anthony Royle,

Her Majesty's Government have been in close

consultation with the Government of Hong Kong about the

Trade Union Registration (Amendment) Bill 1970, which was

issued for general consideration early in August. The

Bill went before the Labour Advisory Board in Hong Kong,

on which both workers and employers are represented, on

the 15th of October.

Amendments to the draft Bill are now being considered

by the Hong Kong Government in the light of the views of

the Labour Advisory Board and those of other organisations

and individuals.