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smilar trade union purposes, and of furthering trade union interests within the Commonwealth Secretariat. They would not wish to set up another international trade union body, entailing considerable and continuing administrative costs, without careful examination of sue possibilities, which would call for discussion with existing organisations with a view to the Fble use of resources said to be available to them, notably from the Canadian International Development Agency funded by the Canadian Government. It was later reported that consideration of the CLC proposal had been deferred after consultations in Geneva pending a further examination of the issues.
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Congress adopted a resolution in 1977 noting the efforts of the General Council to focus attention on social and economic conditions in Hong Kong, and welcoming the appointment of Professor Turner to study labour relations and social conditions but regretting that TUC and CBI representatives were not included in the investigating team. Congress called for the publication of Professor Turner's report.
The resolution was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Labour Party and the ICFTU.
The Secretary of State said in reply that it was his view that Professor Turner should work in as informal and unpublicised a way as possible. He was glad that the TUC and the CBI had been able to meet Professor Turner, and he
would ensure that the Overseas Labour Consultative Committee would have an early opportunity to study the final Report when it was available. Decisions on publication would not be taken until that point.
The ICFTU replied that the resolution was fully in accord with ICFTU policies.
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