I
1
LABOUR MATTERS
TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES
12. It is the Hong Kong Government's policy, supported by Her Majesty's Government, to encourage the development and growth of trades unions in Hong Kong.
PROFESSOR TURNER'S STUDY OF LABOUR RELATIONS IN HONG KONG
13.
Professor Turner has submitted an interim study of labour relations in Hong Kong which is now under consideration. I cannot yet say whether this interim study will be published.
ILO CONVENTIONS
14. It is the policy of the Hong Kong Government, supported by Her Majesty's Government, to improve and develop its application of ILO Conventions to the fullest extent possib... As my Right Honourable friend the Prime Minister informed my Honourable friend the member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne East on 2 December last, considerable progress was made in the last
year. It is expected that improvements will be made in
respect of four Conventions within the next 12 months.
DEFENCE
THE HONG KONG GARRISON
se
15. The main provisions of the Defence Costs Agreement, which
came into force in April last year, were announced to the
on 19 December 1975. As my Right Honourable friend the
Secretary of State for Defence told my Honourable friend the
member for Sheffield Heeley on 9 November last, I am
satisfied that the agreement remains in the best interests of both Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government.
CHINESE ASPECTS
HONG KONG'S "UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES" AND A WARSAW PACT PRESENCE
16. I would not wish to add to the reply which my Honourable friend the 'Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs gave to my Honourable friend on
10 February.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.