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FM FCO 271730Z OCT 80

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 957 OF 27 OCTOBER.

PQ3: SOCIAL WORKERS' GENERAL UNION

1. LORD BROCKWAY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ:

TO ASK HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT ON WHAT GROUNDS THE HONG

KONG SOCIAL WORKERS' GENERAL UNION REPRESENTING DISADVANTAGED

EMPLOYEES IN VOLUNTARY AGENCIES (PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 90 PER

CENT OF WELFARE IN HONG KONG) ARE DENIED RECOGNITION BY THE

GOVERNMENT, ALTHOUGH THE AGENCIES ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDISED FROM

PUBLIC FUNDS?

2. WE PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING DRAFT REPLY:

THE UNION WAS FORMALLY REGISTERED ON 8 FEBRUARY 1980 AS A

TRADE UNION UNDER THE TRADE UNIONS ORDI?ANCE.

FULLY RECOGNISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

3. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 291000Z.

CARRINGTON

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