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The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report.

1. The Committee requests the Government to provide in its next report information concerning the way in which the Equal Pay Ordinance 1975, as supplemented by the provisions of the Employment Ordinance (Part VA), applies in practice, indicating in particular: (i) the measures being taken or envisaged to verify and ensure that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value is being applied to remuneration actually paid above the legal minimum in all sectors of activity; (ii) the extent of the differential in the wage rates paid to women and men, together with information on any progress made towards reducing that differential in recent years; and (iii) the measures being taken or contemplated in cooperation with the employers' and workers' organisations to give effect to the provisions of the Convention.

2. The Committee also requests the Government to supply copies of collective agreements fixing rates of remuneration for occupations in which substantial numbers of women are employed and to furnish copies of wage scales and job classifications in force in the public sector.