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PLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT

EPARTMENT

GROUP

DEPARTMENT

CONFIDENTIAL

Dr S D Harkin

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

LONDON SW1A 2AH

61

Department of Employment

Caxton House Tothill Street

London SW1H 9NF Telephone 01-273 3000 GTN Code 273

Telex 915564

Fax 01-273 5124

Direct line 01-273

Our ref

Your ref

-5147

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HKC C31/0

Date 15 January 1992

#2002

Dear Dr Harkin

HONG KONG: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS

TREATIES: INTERNATIONAL

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1. Thank you for your

letter of 14 January covering telegrams from Hong Kong and a draft paper concerning the application of ILO Conventions by Hong Kong.

2.

position with

regard

to

the

Conventions

The current mentioned in the Hong Kong telegram is as follows:

applied

35(2)

(a) Convention No 14 (Weekly Rest (Industry))

declaration made under Article with modification; of ILO Constitution registered on 27 April 1984.

(b)

Convention

declaration

not

No

yet

23

made

of (Repatriation

pending consultations

Seamen)

with

Chinese.

Pay (Agriculture))

27

(c) Convention No 101 (Holidays with applied with modification; declaration registered on April 1984.

(d) Convention

(Fishermen))

-

No

126 declaration not

(Accommodation

yet

of

made

Crews pending

consultations with Chinese.

(e)

declaration

not yet made pending consultations with Chinese.

Convention No

Statistics) 160 (Labour

that

is Hong Kong

requesting

that declarations these Conventions of 28

3. I note should now be sent to the ILO in respect of in accordance with the details provided in their letter May 1991 to ILA. Since this letter has not been copied

to us,

I am unable to take any further action at this stage. However, if you could arrange for a copy of that letter to be forwarded to me, I shall liaise with your UN Department to ensure that the

is taken appropriate action registered at the ILO.

for the

declarations to

be

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