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TENT HOUSE NONO. KUBU.

IR 3/91

CONFIDENTIAL

Handed over by the Chinese side on 24.10.91

TRANSLATION

Speaking Note

Annex A

On 23 August this year, the British side handed

inter-

over to the Chinese side a speaking note proposing the application or non-application to Hong Kong of five national labour conventions, including the Repatriation of

Seamen Convention.

The Chinese side nave studied in earnest

the British side's proposals and would now respond as

follows upon lastructions

tics

the

I. The British side proposed to make declaration of application to Hong Kong and continued application to HKSAR after 1997 in respect of the Repatriation of Seamen

and the Labour Stat. Convention 1925 (ILC No. 23) Convention 1985 (ILC No: 160), but with a reservation that Articles 1 (c), (d) and (e), 9(1), 10, 11 and 17(1) of the Labour Statistics Convention will not apply for the time-

being.

To this, the Chinese side have no objection.

II

·

The British side proposed that the Accommodation of the Crews (Fishermen) Convention 1966 (ILC NO.

126) will

not apply to Hong Kong.

this, the Chinese side have no

objection.

CONFIDENTIAL