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platform

and if they have several candidates perhaps, they can pool

consultative meetu funds and also convene meetings or general seminare/so

that the candidates can explain their forum to other trade

unions to get their support. So I think we should only

allow them to have these consultative meetings and to

decide on the candidates, and we should not allow them to

use the money to support candidates for running an

election campaign. And during the consultative meetings,

platform we can allow the candidates to express their form and we

equat treffement of everybody equal treatment everybody, We should let

equality should be quanteed.

anybody has a favourable

serious

I

think the problem is very great but,of course, I understand

that there are reasons to support the amendment Bill, but

I do not think I can accept it. First of all, this is a

faced by le problem

trade unions, obviously because

4

of

section 34 of the Trade Unions Ordinance, trade unfuns wilf

bo facing seme constraints. But what I propose will solve

this problem.

And the

the second argument is that perhaps we can

give equal footing to the trade unions and we should treat

them just like other registered organisations, but I de

cannot

argument.

not : car accept this organisation. If we

I

can accept it,

then we would not need section 34. So it seems that

that we

are doing things to adapt to a new situation and I do not

think this is and

approach we should take.