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Obstruction
8. U.K. case law has established that "obstruction" is an
offence and its inclusion in the Hong Kong law relating to
picketing was intended to make this point clear. (The Hong
Kong Government is examining the need to retain this provision).
Picketing a person's home
9. In overseas conditions, picketing of a person's home is
likely to cause intimidation to members of the family who have
a legal right to be there. A proposal similar to that in
the Hong Kong Bill may be found in the Consultative Document
on the U.K.'s proposed Industrial Relations Act. The proposals
to amend the law on picketing are not such as to restrict unduly
the right of a striking workman to attend at a place "in order
merely to obtain or communicate information".
Debarment from holding trade union office
10. The five year bar on holding trade union office on persons
with certain criminal convictions is a relaxation of the present
law which means permanent debarment. The Hong Kong Government
has indicated that it is willing to delete from this provision
offences "against public order" which has led to criticism.
Overseas Labour Adviser's Department Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2 November 1970
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