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#LO CONVENTION 26: CREATION OF MINIMUM WAGE FIXING MACHINERY.
FURTHER TO MY TELNO 1372 WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION
TO AN EXTRACT FROM PAGE 103 OF THE MINUTES OF THE 123RD SESSION
OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE WILD ON 24TH TO 27TH NOVEMBER 1953.
THE EXTRACT READS AS FOLLOWS:-
CUIT INS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING A
DECLARATION UNDER ARTICLE 35(4) P'S NOT DEPENDENT ON THE CONVENTION
CONCERNED BEING RATIFIED BY THE MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
#NTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE NON-METROPOLITAN TERRITORY CONCERNED.
ACTION UNDER ARTICLE 35(4) MAY BE TAKEN HRRESPECTIVE OF RATIFIC-
ATHON.''
SUBJECT TO YOUR LEGAL ADVICE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IL CONVENTION
NO. 26, WHICH IS APPLIED IN HONG KONG BY VIRTUE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE TRADE BOARDS ORDINANCE (CAP. 63 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG)
AND IKS WITHIN SELF-GOVERNING POWERS, COULD BE RETAINED FOR HONG KONG BY MEANS OF A DECLARATHON UNDER ARTICLE 35(4), REGARDLESS OF
1TS DENUNCIATION BY THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE SAME MAY BE TRUE OF
THE OTHER DENOUNCED CONVENTIONS. WE WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY AWARE THAT
SUCH A PROCEDURE WAS POSSIBLE, AND HAD ASSUMED THAT DECLARATIONS ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF ON IL CONVENTIONS WERE RESTRICTED TO
CONVENTIONS RATIFIED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF COURSE OF THE LIST OF CONVENTIONS HN THE SCHEDULE TO L CONVENTION
NO. 83.
WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON WHETHER THIS AVENUE MS
OPEN. WE WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE A COPY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S
DENUNCIATION OF IL CONVENTION NO. 26.
YOUDE
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