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He criticised Hong Kong for "blatantly ignoring" certain ILO

Conventions. The Overseas Labour Adviser, Gibraltar and.

General Department and this Department have been considering the

question of Hong Kong's implementation of certain ILO Conventions,

following a supplementary Parliamentary question by Mr James

Sillars MP. We shall be following this up with the Hong Kong

Government.

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4. Mr. Pendry is quoted as commenting on the preponderance of

business representation on the Executive and Legislative Councils

and saying that he would like to see more worker representation.

It is true that no trade unionist as such presently serves on the

Executive, Legislative or Urban Councils. However, Hong Kong is

run by a complex pattern of boards, councils and committees.

concerned with industrial employees, ie the Labour Advisory Board,

Industrial Training Advisory Committee and the Hong Kong

Productivity Council, have trade unionist members as well as

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representatives of Government, management, academic and professional

interests.

5. In an interview with the South China Morning Post on

23 August Mr Pendry said that he would report to the Secretary of

State on:

(a) The Godber affair, which he thinks "is the main

immediate problem";

(b)

The real anxieties felt in Hong Kong over the

question of the colony's sterling reserves;

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The lack of progress in educational facilities

and the limited opportunities available in Hong Kong

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