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service; members of the Police Force are prohibited from union membership by section 7 of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232).
The Trade Union Registration Ordinance (1961) generally ensures the free exercise of the right to organize. The modifications lodged with the I.L.0. on 15th October, 1963 in respect of Articles 3, 5 and 6 are considered necessary in the existing exceptional circum- stances of the Colony.
No issues involving questions of principle relating to the application of this convention have so far been brought before a court of law or any other court.
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In addition to the general remarks made under Part I of this report, it may be of interest to record that trade unions are represented on the Labour Advisory Board of the Colony to which all legislative proposals concerning labour matters are referred while in draft; it may also be of interest to provide details of the Government staff concerned with trade unions. The Registry of Trade Unions has a total staff of 18, including a Registrar, Deputy Registrar and 3 Assistant Registrars. In the Labour Department, there is a section, which has the duty of providing unions with advice on organization and management. This section is in the charge of a Labour Officer, who is assisted by two Assistant Labour Officers, one of whom is a woman, with appropriate subordinate staff. Further details may be obtained from the Annual Reports for the years 1961/62 and 1962/63 of the Commissioner of Labour and of the Registrar of Trade Unions.
No observations have been received from organizations of employers or workers in connection with the present report.
Copies of this report have been sent to the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong and the Labour Advisory Board, which includes four workers' representatives, and through the United Kingdom Ministry of Labour to the British Employers' Confederation and the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain. No observations concerning the application of the above-mentioncd convention in Hong Kong were received from any of these bodies during the period under review.
HONG KONG
October, 1964.
P.C.M. SEDGWICK
COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR
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