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E. 0. Laird
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To:-
Peter Blaker, Esq., MP.,
House of Commons
Lord Lothian
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
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Since Anthony Royle will not be back from the
Far East until 22 October I am replying to your
letter of 5 October about the "Financial Times"
article on Trade Union legislation in Hong Kong.
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The report did not give an accurate account
of the position. To begin with, it gave the
impression that the Bill would be enacted as it
stood. The facts of the matter are that the draft
legislation was issued in August by the Commissioner
of Labour for general comment. In particular, the
text of the Bill, with an explanatory Memorandum,
sent to members of the Labour Advisory Board on
12 August, and the Board will not be meeting until
15/October to discuss the matter.
In a press
release issued on 29 September the Commissioner of
Labour welcomed comments on the Bill and stated
that, in the light of these he would consider what
changes would appear to be necessary before making
his recommendations on the final version of the Bill.
The draft legislation is therefore still under con-
sideration and it may well be amended as a result of
the comments and criticisms received.
On points of detail, the article in the
"Financial Times" was wrong in stating that employees
will be forbidden to picket a person's private
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