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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NO 328 OF 29 MARCH.
FOR MILTON, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT FROM GOVERNOR.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 207 OF 21 MARCH: TURNER STUDY.
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HKK 212/548/1
TURNER'S LETTER DATED 2ND MARCH TO HURST STATES THAT HIS REPORT WAS VERY MUCH AN INTERIM DRAFT IN AN ON-GOING STUDY: THAT IT WAS A NOTE ARISING FROM WORK IN PROGRESS AND LIABLE TO CHANGES IN ANY FINAL VERSION:, AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TO REPRESENT FINAL CONCLUSIONS. COMMENT IN DETAIL AT THIS STAGE WOULD THERREFORE SERVE NO PURPOSE. I HOPE THAT THE OCCL WILL ACCEPT THE DOCUMENT FOR WHAT IT IS, NAMELY A FIRST DRAFT. I DO NOT SEE HOW PROFESSOR TURNER COULD HAVE DONE MORE THAN THIS IN THE TIME HE WAS ALLOWED, AND HOPE THAT HE WILL NOW BE GIVEN THE TIME AND MONEY NECESSARY TO COMPLETE WHAT I BELIEVE COULD BE A MOST VALUABLE REPORT.
2. WHILE THERE ARE SOME DEDUCTIONS AND MANY STATEMENTS IN THE DRAFT WITH WHICH I DISAGREE, I DO AGREE WITH HIS MAIN THESIS THAT OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC SERVICE THERE IS NO TRADES UNION MOVE- MENT PLAYING, OR EVEN LIKELY TO PLAY, AN EFFECTIVE ROLE IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RESTRICTIVE
LEGISLATION BUT IS DUE TO DEEP-SEATED CAUSES: AND THAT SO LONG AS THIS GAP EXISTS IT MUST BE FILLED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. MUCH OF PARAS 67-72 ARE THEREFORE VERY MUCH TO THE POINT, AND I AM GLAD THAT HE HAS FORMED SUCH A FAVOURABLE VIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES.
3. ALSO AGREE THAT HONG KONG WORKERS HAVE WIDER PRE-OCCUPATIONS THAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE NARROWER SENSE, AND THAT THESE MUST BE MET BY PROGRESS ON THE SOCIAL FRONT. BUT IN WRITING ABOUT
SOCIAL PROGRESS, AND IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF ACCOMMODATION RIGHTS AND ABOUT EDUCATION IN PARA 77, PROFESSOR TURNER DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME:
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