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and her team will, when in Britain, be exposed to an audience wh will believe that the stenographers do have a case. I have suggested to the Secretary for the Civil Service that the only possible way
out of their impasse would be to appoint an independent arbitrator
between the Hong Kong Government and the stenographers. Civil Service Branch are now considering this proposal. Since my
return I have written to Mr Bridge reiterating my arguments. The only long-term solution to this and other similar problems is to educate the Hong Kong establishment into the sort of staff relations which willy nilly they will be forced to adopt in the
future. The Overseas Labour Adviser will be visiting Hong Kong in 1978 and will (tactfully) make the appropriate points.
4. At my meeting with Mrs Cheung and the members of her Committee they rehearsed their grievances in some detail and I promised to discuss the case with the Hong Kong Civil Service Branch. I told them that I did not have authority to intervene unless it was made clear to me that there had been some maladministration or injustice in the way the Civil Service Branch dealt with the matter.
5. In his letter of 21 October to Mr Hooley MP, Mr Luard undertook that Lord Goronwy-Roberts would write again giving news of my discussions in Hong Kong. I attach a draft and I recommend that a letter in similar terms be sent to Mr Johnson MP who has just replied to your letter of 10 October and I attach a further draft.
The OLA concurs.
8 November 1977
Cc: OLA
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