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disputes, including reference to voluntary arbitration. law would replace the Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance and the now outdated Trades Disputes Ordinance. The incorporation into the law of some degree of statutory protection for workers against acts of anti-union discrimination is also under consideration.

In the delicate area of industrial relations in Hong Kong it is necessary to move slowly, but I hope you will

agree that these are positive steps which should be of benefit to the Trade Union movement there.

Clive Jenkins, Esq.,

General Secretary,

Association of Scientific,

Technical and Managerial Staffs,

10-26A Jamestown Road,

London.

NW1 7DT

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Anthony Royle