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LAG 214/393/7

UNCLASSIFIED

HONG KONG

HE Sir Murray Maclehose GBE KCMG KOVO

Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

LONDON SW1

1 March 1977

Sar

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTION NO.92: ACCOMMODATION OF CREWS (REVISED), 1949

1.

I have the honour to refer to the letter from the Social

Services Branch of the Government Secretariat, reference

(36) 33 92/3/5683/58 dated 20 January 1977 and to inform you that

a declaration was registered by the Director General of the

International Labour Office on 18 February 1977 stating that the

Accommodation of Crews (Revised) Convention will be applied to

Hong Kong with the following modifications:

Article 1(5)

Variations may be approved by the competent authority after

consultation with the shipowners or such organisation or organisations

as appear to him to be representative of owners of British Ships

and such organisation or organisations (if any) as appear to be

representative of seamen employed in British ships.

/Article 3(2)(e)