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LAG 214/393/6

UNCLASSIFIED

HONG FONG

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

LONDON SW1

8 February 1977

HE Sir Murray MacLehose, GBE KCMG KCVO Governor and Commander-in-Chief

Sir

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTION NO.14:

1.

WEEKLY REST (INDUSTRY)

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

Services Branch of the Government Secretariat, reference (50) 33

14/3/5683/58 dated 8 December 1976 and to inform you that a

declaration was registered by the Director General of the

International Labour Office on 26 January 1977 stating that the

Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention will be applied to Hong Kong

with the following modifications:

2.

Article 2:

Article 5:

Non-manual workers in receipt of a salary

exceeding 2,000 dollars (Hong Kong) have no

statutory entitlement to rest days.

Adult male workers with a statutory entitlement

to one rest day in every seven days may work

voluntarily on that day but there is no

statutory requirement that a compensatory

rest period should be granted.

The declaration previously made in respect of the application

of this Convention to Hong Kong has been cancelled.

I have the honour to be Sir

Your most obedient humble Servant

Anthony Corlar.