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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO 480 OF 20 MAY 1975

60TH SESSION INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE: APPLICATION OF

CONVENTION NO 5 TO HONG KONG

1. IF A REPLY IS MADE IN THE TERMS STATED IN PARAGRAPH 13 OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENTS LETTER OF 12 MAY, REFERENCE

SS5/3/5633/58 TO ANY COMMENTS ARISING FROM THE COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS OBSERVATIONS SITUATION IS LIKELY TO BE EXACERBATED.

2. A MINOR AMENDMENT TO EXISTING LEGISLATION TO ADD SHELTERED INSTITUTIONS WHERE MACHINERY (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE) IS USED TO ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THAT LEGISLATION IS ALL THAT APPEARS TO BE REQUIRED. SUCH AN

AMENDMENT COULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT LATER IN OVERALL REVISION.

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3. GRATEFUL IF URGENT CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO AMENDING BRIEF TO INDICATE MORE POSITIVELY A WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH THE

COMMITTEE'S REQUEST.

CALLAGHAN

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