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First,

trade

welfare of its

unions are set up to promote the and

members to fight for their rights. То

achieve the objectives,

make

reach this gbal | the trade union will have to exert its

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political

X

effort in

different

ways.

One of the avenues

is

reasons

We

have no right to deprive

participation, policies,

them

the trade unions of their right to promote the welfare and

political

rights of their members through participation.

ities The amendment Bill does nothing more than to

politiesTM

give the trade unions a right that they should have long

been entitled to. In fact, I share the views of the United

In fact,

Kingdom Government

in

amending

their trade union

legislation in 1913.

with the development of social form,

Second, our society is changing the society of

now

Hong Kong is not taking a much more liberal attitude

towards political participation. We hope that it will

lead

to

democratisation.

In

the

process

of

democratisation, trade unions in fact have played a part for instance, in the functional, constituency elections

筆

Legislative Council in 1985, the labour sector took up two

seats. Trade unions can elect members to the Legislative

there are representatives of trade unions Council. Besides in district board elections he trade

ontative as well. This being the case, t

are not allowed

allowing trade unions to establish an electoral fund or

allocate their

not allowing it to allocating funds for election expenses,

it will not keep abreast with society and incoordinatin

in fact

will surface.

and a lack of harmony,

WICH CHIS DEVELOP

Incoordination

tack of harmony arises from

the fact that on the one hand, trade unions are allowed to

but

to

نہیں

the

they are restricted in

take part in elections, at on the other hand, restricted

then its actual operation in electioneering.

absurd.

This

is rather

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