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Article 1

Workers employed in agricultural undertakings and related occupations shall be granted an annual holiday with pay after a period of continuous service with the same employer.

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Modification

The convention is applied to all manual workers and to non-manual workers whose wages do not exceed HK$11,500 per month.

8.

As with Article 2

of ILC No. 14, (para. 4) the modification in respect of

Article 1 of ILC No. 181 is no longer necessary following enactment of the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 1990 removing the distinction between manual and non-manual employees. ILC No. 101 can now be

applied to Hong Kong without modificat:.on.

Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen Convention, 1966 (NO. 126)

Hong Kong is not yet in a position to apply ILC No. 126 for the following reasons

9.

(a)

all Hong Kong indigenous fishing vessels are licensed under the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance, but are not registered. To comply with the provisions of 110 No. 126, it will be

to adopt a registration

system.

necessary

However, with approximately 70% of Hong Kong vessels fishing in Chinese territorial waters under licences issued by the Chinese authorities, registration in Hong Kong as British fishing vessels may jeopardise their continued Eishing activities in Chinese waters; and

(b)

most fishing

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vessels in Hong Kong do not meet the standards stipulated for crew accommodation. Το upgrade standards fishermen would have to incur

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