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arising can be dealt with when these items are reached today.

Are you agreeable?

Item 3: Hong Kong

4.

Professor Turner's Interim and

Provisional Review of Labour Relations in the Colony

A background paper on developments in Hong Kong during

the last year has been circulated with the agenda. This

indicates that progress has been made on matters which I

know are of continuing interest in this country.

We can

return to this paper later if members so desire. But I

expect that interest today centres on Professor Turner's

interim report on the trade union and industrial relations

situation in Hong Kong and if members agree we shall

concentrate on that. A covering paper on Professor Turner's

report has also been circulated by our Secretary which

summarises the main recommendations and suggests several

matters which members might feel require further consideration

or elucidation by Professor Turner. The meeting today is in

fact opportune since it gives us the chance of saying what

further information we should ask Professor Turner to provide

in the final phase of his review. I will ask a representative

of the TUC to open our discussion and then I hope a CBI

representative will tell us of the CBI's reactions to this

report.

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The Head of Hong Kong Department, Mr Stewart,

will be in attendance for this item.

Backround (to be drawn upon a appuild)

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The points set out in paragraph'6 of the covering

memorandum OLCC (1977) 1A take into account what we know

of the TUC's initial reactions to the interim review.

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