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TO PRIORITY F.C.O. TELEGRAM NUMBER 133 OF 26 FEBRUARY 1971:

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE

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FURTHER TO MY TELEGRAM 130.

TRADE UNION REGISTRATION CAMENDMENT) BILL.

THE FOLLOWING PRESS STATEMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED TODAY:-

-1 NAD 1971

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''THE TEXT OF THE TRADE UNION REGISTRATION CAMENDMENT) BILL

1971, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, FOLLOWS

GENERALLY, EXCEPT FOR SOME CHANGES, THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT BILL ISSUED

AS A DEPARTMENTL WORKING DOCUMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR,

MR. R.M.HETHERINGTON IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. AT THAT TIME, THE

COMMISSIONER SAID THAT HE WOULD WELCOME GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE

DRAFT BILL.

MR. HETHERINGTON SAID YESTERDAY THAT SUCH CHANGES AS HAVE BEEN

MADE IN THE BILL HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE ADVICE GIVEN BY THE

LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND REPRESENTATIONS MADE BOTH VERBALLY AND IN

WRITING BY ORGANISATONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO STUDIED THE ORIGINAL

TEXT,

QUOTE THE MAIN AIM OF THE BILL, UNQUOTE SAID MR. HETHERINGTON,

QUOTE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE MORE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION

OF UNION AFFAIRS. UNQUOTE. TO PROTECT ORDINARY MEMBERS OF A UNION

AGAINST CONTROL OF THE UNION FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF PERSONS WITH

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