RESTRICTED
9) QUOTE HOW MANY CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 14 YEARS IN HONG KONG WERE ENROLLED IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT AIDED OR ASSISTED SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, RESPECTIVELY, IN EACH YEAR FROM 1973 TO DATE: AND IN EACH CASE HOW MANY WERE ENROLLED IN EACH FORM ?
(10) QUOTE HOW MANY CHILDREN AGED 10 TO 14 YEARS IN HONG KONG DID NOT COMPLETE THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING IN EACH YEAR FROM 1973 TO DATE?
(11) QUOTE HOW MANY CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 16 YEARS
IN HONG KONG SUFFERED AN INDUSTRIAL INJURY IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ELECTRONICS AND (C) PLASTIC TOYS, IN
INDUSTRIES: (A) TEXTILES, (B)
EACH YEAR FROM 1973 TO DATE ?
? (12) QUOTE HOW MANY CHILDREN IN HONG KONG AGED 14 YEARS OR LESS ARE PRESENTLY LEGALLY EMPLOYED: IN WHICH INDUSTRIES THEY ARE EMPLOYED: AND HOW MANY OF THIS TOTAL ARE EMPLOYED AS OUT-WORKERS ? (13) QUOTE HOW MANY FACTORY INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS IN HONG KONG IN EACH YEAR FROM 1970 TO 1976: IN EACH YEAR HOW MANY WERE PROSECUTED, HOW MANY WERE CONVICTED AND HOW MANY DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES AROSE OUT OF INQUIRIES THAT DID NOT LEAD TO PROSECUTIONS: AND HOW MANY INSPECTORS WERE DISMISSED, TRANSFERRED, RESIGNED OR COMPELLED TO RETIRE AS A RESULT OF SUCH INQUIRIES ?
(14) QUOTE HOW MANY HEALTH INSPECTORS, SAFETY INSPECTORS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ENGAGED IN VISITING INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, SHOPS, OFFICES AND GARAGES IN HONG KONG WERE THE SUBJECT OF CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1970 TO 1976 IN RESPECT OF THESE DUTIES: AND IN EACH YEAR HOW MANY WERE PROSECUTED, HOW MANY CONVICTED, HOW MANY DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES AROSE OUT OF INQUIRIES THAT DID NOT LEAD TO PROSECUTION, AND HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE DISMISSED, TRANSFERRED, RESIGNED OR WERE COMPELLED TO RETIRE AS A RESULT OF SUCH INQUIRIES ?
2. WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF MATERIAL IN YOUR TELS NOS 703 AND 711 TO ANSWER SOME PARTS OF THE QUESTIONS ON CHILD LABOUR MATTERS.
GRATEFUL, HOWEVER, FOR SUCH FURTHER INFORMATION AS IS NECESSARY ON THESE AND TO ANSWER THE REMAINDER OF THE QUESTIONS, AT THE LATEST BY 0010CCE AND EARLIER IF POSSIBLE.
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