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PP HONG KONG

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FM FCO 091630Z DECEMBER 81

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 935 OF 9 DECEMBER.

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RIGIVE MOLLY MAN

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PQ'S

1. SIR ANTHONY ROYLE HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING THREE ORAL PQ'S: TO ASK THE LORD PRIVY SEAL:

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A IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION BETWEEN AGENCIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND HONG KONG CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSMEN, BOTH WITHIN THE COLONY AND THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE.

B HOW MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WERE ARRESTED IN HONG KONG DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1980 AND THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1981: WHAT IS THE DAILY AVERAGE OF ARRESTS IN 1981 COMPARED WITH 1980: AND WHAT IS HIS ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF

PEOPLE ADDED TO THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG THROUGH ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA EACH YEAR.

C WHAT ACTION THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN IN THE LAST

TWO YEARS TO PROTECT NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES: WHAT FURTHER AMEND-

MENTS ARE PLANNED TO THE EMPLOYEE1S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE: AND.

HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS HAVE NOW BEEN APPLIED

IN HONG KONG.

2.

QUESTIONS A AND B WILL NOT BE REACHED AND WILL BE GIVEN WRITTEN REPLIES: SUPPLEMENTARIES ARE NOT THEREFORE REQUIRED.

3. QUESTION C MAY BE REACHED. WE SHALL DRAW ON EMPLOYMENT CHAPTER IN HONG KONG 1981 REVIEW FOR BACKGROUND NOTE BUT GRATEFUL

FOR ANY SPECIFIC POINTS ON THE THREE ASPECTS OF QUESTION AND FOR MATERIAL FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES ON SICKNESS, INJURY AND DEATH

BENEFITS, CHILD LABOUR, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, COMPENSATION PAYMENTS

AND PROPOSALS RE ILO CONVENTIONS.

4. GRATEFUL FOR DRAFT REPLIES AND INFORMATION REQUESTED IN PARAGRAPH 3 DESKBY 1509OOZ

CARRINGTON

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HKGD

FED

MR DONALD

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