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YOUR TELNOS 3653 OF 20 NOVEMBER 1991 AND 67: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS CILCS)
1. FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PAPER ON ILCS:
(A) IN FACT, AT PRESENT, 48 (NOT 47) CONVENTIONS ARE APPLIED IN HONG KONG, 29 IN FULL AND 19 (NOT 18) WITH MODIFICATIONS. THE CONVENTION MISSING FROM THE LIST IN ANNEX B IS CONVENTION 63 (STATISTICS OF WAGES AND HOURS OF WORK). THIS HAS BEEN APPLIED WITH MODIFICATION SINCE 15 OCTOBER 1963. IT WILL, HOWEVER, BE AUTOMATICALLY DENOUNCED AS THE RESULT OF DECLARING ACCEPTANCE OF CONVENTION 160.
(B) COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT, AS STATED IN ANNEX A, THE DECLARATIONS WILL COVER AN AMENDED MODIFICATION TO THE APPLICATON OF CONVENTION 14, THE APPLICATION OF CONVENTION 23 WITHOUT MODIFICATION, THE REMOVAL OF RESERVATIONS ON CONVENTION 101, THE DECISION NOT TO APPLY CONVENTION 126 AND THE APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATION OF 160.
2. WE ARE AWAITING COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ON THE LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER TO THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ADVISER, FCO OF 28 MAY 1991 (EMB CR 23/3/5683/58 (TC 93/86)), NOT ORIGINALLY COPIED TO THEM, REGARDING APPROPRIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR THE DECLARATIONS TO BE REGISTERED AT THE ILO.
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YOU MAY WISH TO NOTE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT RECORDS SHOW DIFFERENT DATES IN SOME CASES REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THESE CONVENTIONS. THE DATES IN THEIR RECORDS RELATE TO THE ACTUAL DATE OF REGISTRATION OF THE CURRENT DECLARATION SUPERCEDED AN EARLIER ONE) BY THE ILO.
FOLLOWS:
(WHICH MAY HAVE
THE VARIANCES ARE AS
CONVENTION 3
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