TNAG-2299-FCO40-3327-Hong-Kong-international-labour-conventions-1991 — Page 50

28-MAY-0091 15:13

EDUCATION & MANPOWER ER

*

852 868 3916 P.06

LG

by mail

A

considerable expenditure which is unlikely to be acceptable to them.

declaration of "decision reserved" in No. 126 is therefore recommended.

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160)

10.

resepat of ILC

ILC No. 160 has not yet been declared for application in Hong Kong. A position paper is attached at Annex B for your reference. Following consultation with the Census and Statistics Department, it is recommended that a declaration of "applied with modification" should be made in respect of ILC No. 160. The articles concerned and the modifications required are as follows -

Article

Modification

1(c), 9 (1)

Statistics of average earnings are not compiled.

1(d), 10

Statistics of wage

are not compiled.

1(e), 11

Statistics of

¡

distributions

17 (1)

labour cost are not compiled, though statistics of "compensation of employees" are obtained Erom the annual economic survey.

The agricultural sector is excluded from the application of this

convention.

11.

As

Consultation British and the Chinese Kong, or on rights and significant

you

are aware, under the

Guidelines for on New Rights and obligations agreed by the Chinese Governments, we are obliged to consult on new rights and obligations applied to Hong any amendments Or modification to existing obligations if they are 'substantial and for Hong Kong'.

AS the declarations of application of ILC No. 23 and No. 160 will create new international rights and obligations for Hong Kong, we have to consult the Chinese before such declarations are made.