the desirability of more active communist trade
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the Chinese on his visit next year. This, I
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date they wished to participate in the consideratio of matters affecting their members.
7. Finally, he thought there was much merit
in the proposition that the Hong Kong Trade Unions Ordinance could do with some simplification. It seemed that some of the requirements of the law (eg as the amalgamation of trade unions) were rather more restrictive in letter and in theory than in practice. He saw no objection to this matter being explored in correspondence between the Overseas Labour Adviser and your Labour Commissioner.
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Once again, Mr Callaghan paid
a warm tribute to your administration of the Colony and expressed his appreciation of the various measures for social and other reform that you have introduded. He said, however, continuing sniping in Parliament, in the NEC and in the TUC on the above matters are an inherent part of the British political process and there was need to demonstrate that adequate attention was being paid to them. He has asked for an interim reply to be sent to the NEC on these matters and for us to obtain your views so that a more substantive reply can be sent in due course. There is much food for thought here but happily there would seem to be a couple of months in hand. He would like us to aim at a further meeting with the NEC to discuss these matters, however, perhaps about mid-October.
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