TNAG-2299-FCO40-3327-Hong-Kong-international-labour-conventions-1991 — Page 78

CRC INF 4/91

Report on a visit to the Ministry of Labour, PRC by the Commissioner for Labour (10-15 December 1990, Beijing)

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Mr JCA Hammond, former Commissioner for Labour (who March 1991), led a delegation of six (list of Annex A) to visit the Ministry of Labour, PRC from 15 December 1990. The visit was made at the invitation of Mr Li Boyong, the then Vice Minister of Labour.

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of Labour, PRC was keenly interested in contacts with the Hong Kong Labour

Ministry was particularly interested in two (a) technical co-operation and (b) the application of International Labour Conventions.

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Officials at the Ministry laid strong emphasis on the achieve better mutual understanding between the two

sides in the run-up to 1997.

Meetings with Ministry of Labour officials

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During meetings with Ministry of Labour officials, views and information on policy and practices of labour administration in Hong Kong and China were

exchanged emphasising the need for closer co-operation in the run-up to

1997.

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One area of special interest to the Chinese is technical co-operation with Hong Kong which the Chinese suggested should be actively explored. Technical co-operation may include visits, attachment programmes, resource persons in specific subject areas

for seminars, etc. Technical co-operation programmes valued at US$30 million under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) were being implemented in China. However, there is as yet no full scale technical co-operation between Hong Kong and China.