TNAG-0531-FCO40-626-Application-of-International-Labour-Convention-to-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 233

BY BAG

SAVING TELEGRAM

FROM HONG KONG

UNCLASSIFIED

TO FCO TELNO 212 SAVING OF 4 NOVEMBER 1975

REC

RECIA

International Labour Convention No. 14 Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921

(5+)

11 NOV75

#KK 5/31

Your saving telegrams No. 175 of 6th August 1975 and No. 72 of 29th September 1975 refer.

2.

We agree with the wording of the modifications proposed in your saving telegram of 6th August 1975 except for the fact that it may not be altogether accurate to say under the modifications in respect of paragraph (ii) of Article 2 that there is no mandatory requirement that rest days should constitute a rest period of 24 consecutive hours in every working period of 7 days because "rest day" is properly defined under section 2 of the Employment Crdinance (Cap. 57) to mean a continuous period of not less than 24 hours during which an employee is entitled to abstain from working for his employer.

3.

In view of this definition, we suggest that the modification in respect of paragraph (ii) of Article 2 should be stated as follows:

"Other workers have a statutory entitlement to 4 rest days in each month".

We should therefore be gratorul if you

would register with the I.1.0. an improved declaration of "applied with nodifications" in respect of Articles 2 and 5 of International Labour Convention No. 14 along agreed lines on behalf of Hong Kong,

MACLEROSE

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