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To:-
J. W. England, Esq, BA,
57 Middleton Towers,
140. Pokfulam Road,
HONG KONG
Type 1 +
From
Mr. James Johnson, MP.
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Since receiving your letter of 20 October I
have had an opportunity of talking to Mr. Royle
in London about the Hong Kong Trade Union
Registration (Amendment) Bill.
I should first like to emphasise, as Mr. Royle
confirmed to me, that the draft Bill was made public
in Hong Kong for the express prupose of giving all
sections of opinion and opportunity to comment on it.
In the light of these comments and the subsequent
discussion with the Labour Advisory Board in Hong
Kong, on which, as you know, both the Hong Kong TUC
and the local Employers' Federation are represented,
the Bill has now been much modified in a number of
important aspects and in its revised form will, I
hope, be much less objectionable.
There were four principal points of criticism of
the draft Bill and I am glad to be able to tell you
that three of the four areas of objection have been
met by changes in the Bill.
(a)
These are:·
Registration of temporary unions
These provisions are being deleted from the
Bill.
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