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LAG 214/393/1

UNCLASSIFIED

Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1

25 January 1977

HONG KONG

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

Sir

APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS: UNEMPLOYMENT

CONVENTION 1919 (No 2)

1.

I have the honour to refer to the Government Secretariat's

letter (26) SS 2/3/5683/58 dated 28 September 1976 and to

inform you that a declaration was registered by the Director

General of the International Labour Organisation on 11 January

1977 stating that the Unemployment Convention 1919 (No 2) will

be applied to Hong Kong with the following modification:

Article 1: Information concerning unemployment will be

communicated to the International Labour Office at

intervals not exceeding six months.

2. The declaration previously registered in respect of this

Convention has been cancelled.

I have the honour to be Sir

Your most obedient humble Servant

Anthony Corlas

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