SAVING TELEGRAM
2111
HKK 211 | 625/1
BY BAG
FROM HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED
TO FCO TELNO 123 SAVING OF 29 SEPT 1977.
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73
Hour's
C4th Dession of the International Labour Vonference, 1978: Report VII(1)
of Work and Best Lumiods in Road Transport
Thank you for your letter of 18th July 1977 and the attached 16 report and questionnaire. My copment ao as follows.
How international standards on hours of work do west periods in road transport appeur to be necessne for persons regularly engaged in long-distance inter ? Bubaznational road transport. Commen standards for dabitis state traffic are clearly desirablo.
In Hong Kong, workers in road transport ura 11 engaged on urban transportation. Because of the oil ono of the territory, individual journeys are short and pro^3 zut of long uninterrupted driving hours do not arico.
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of 1% hours would be exceptional, As such, their cosastons of employment are basically similar to workers in oth sectors of employment and they enjoy the same protegid lat, International standards on hours of work und K periode for short-distance urban read transport do not appear bo be necessary or practicable.
Bxdsting legin?ative provisions on hours of muda d'or certain categories of verkuru, and rest periodo en 1.9%
fuglevod de the Factories and Industrial Regulations. Thene erov · obeno me, hounver, applicable only to voron and young per. mployed in industrial undertakings, which include mois. traumport of goods and passengers. They are not 6pple-ble to adult male workers, to colf-employed persons, or to mataberu of workers' families.
Franchised bus operations are controlled in SUANES of frequencies and lay-over times go that adequate root periods between journeys are provided.
A substantial number of taxi driver», mini-ime ariveus and lorry drivers are owner. operucore or VPKLIG fox spall employers with only one or two vehicles. working hours sad rest periods are very flexiblo. «satutory regulations would be unpopular as well ao c18ficult to enforce.
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If urban road trangment is to be included in the proposed instrument, any Locomondations arising Sharofron must be both simple to adninastor and floss
MACLEHOSE
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