TNAG-0740-FCO40-944-Quarterly-progress-reports-from-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 66

V.

3

1

Title

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS

Purpose

To seek to improve their application to Hong Kong.

Reference

In Annex D

Para 10

Present position

Half-yearly report sent to FCO on 4.8.78.

Terret dete

VI. OTHER ITEMS

(a) Minimum wage

legislation

(b) Statutory hours

of work and overtime

To consider the possible introduction of a statutory minimum wage for certain low paid occupations.

To consider the introduction of an eight-hour day for all employees with specified overtime rates.

Research on wage structures within various occupations will be required initially. Work not expected to begin until 1979.