TNAG-0296-FCO40-332-Legislation-for-registration-of-trade-unions-in-Hong-Kong-1972 — Page 62

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Wednesday, March 24, 1971

"Industry cannot succeed unless there is good industrial relations

which, in turn, cannot be achieved unless both labour and management are

working together, understanding each other and cooperating closely," he said.

He said there would never be good industrial relations unless

Irresponsible unions.

could do a lot of harm to the economic development of a nation, and the

bill was aimed to stop wildcat and irresponsible strikes as well as to

bring trade unions within a framework of law.

there were responsible employers and trade unions.

Since there were substantial changes to the principal Ordinance,

Dr. Chung suggested that a new edition of the Ordinance incorporating all

the amendments should be made. Ho believed that it was most desirable to

have this important law translated into Chinese and put on sale as a

Government publication.

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