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PROPOSED 1988 CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG ON LABOUR MANAGEMENT
RELATIONS FOR THE ASHAN/PACÍFIC REGION SPONSORED BY HLO
WE HAVE LEARNED HINFORMALLY FROM DR. NG SEK HONG, LECTURER AT THE DEPT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, THAT THE ALL-CHINA FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (ACFTU) HAVE INDICATED AN INTEREST MN
TAKING PART IN THIS PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON 1988 PROVIDED THAT HIT HIS TO BE A QUOTE FORUM FOR ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AND DISUCSSION UNQUOTE.
2. THE SUGGESTION OF HOLDING SUCH A CONFERENCE WAS MADE DURING
A VISIT TO CHANA IN SEPTEMBER 1985 BY PROFESSORS KENTH THURLEY
(LSE) AND H.A. TURNER (CHURCHILL COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE) AT THE
ANVITATION OF THE ACFTU. DR. NG SEK HONG ACCOMPANHED THE TWO
PROFESSORS TO CHINA AND PLAYED A MOST ACTIVE SUPPORTIVE ROLE.
(A COPY OF A REPORT ON THIS VISIT FOLLOWS BY BAG.)
3. OTHER LABOUR AND ACADEMIC ORGANISATIONS IN THE FAR EAST,
"NCLUDING THOSE HIN JAPAN, SINGAPORE, MALALYSA AND THAILAND HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY DR. NG AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE.
HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN TO AUSTRALINA.
4. WE UNDERSTAND THAT DR. NG 1S #N REGULAR CONTACT WITH PROFESSOR THURLEY. DR. NG MENTIONED THAT PROF. THURLEY WILL BE APPROACHING
THE FCO TO INFORM THEM OF THE LO'S INTEREST #IN AND POSSIBLE
SPONSORSHIP OF THE 1988 CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG. DR. NG HAS SO FAR
NOT MADE ANY FORMAL APPROACH TO THE HK GOVERNMENT, ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A CONFERENCE WAS MENTIONED AT A MEETING CONVENED
BY HIM AND ATTENDED BY OFFICIALS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE
END OF 1985. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HE WILL MAKE SUCH A FORMAL APPROACH
HERE UNTIL THE NPTIAL PROPOSALS ARE MORE DEFINITE (E.G. MAIN
FUNDING TO BE BORNE BY #LO) AND UNTIL PROF. THURLEY HAS NOTIFHED
AND SOUGHT THE ADVICE OF THE FCO.
5. YOU WILL NO DOUBT LET US KNOW OF ANY MOVES OF THIS KUND.
WE WILL REPORT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS HERE.
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