MONDAY 19 JULY
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THE LORD BROCKWAY
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action is being taken by the Hong Kong Labour Department to combat the increase in child labour, and whether an investigation is being made into the allegation of Triad Society involvement in the recruitment of such labour.
ANSWER
THE RT HON THE LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS
MINISTER OF STATE, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
My Lords, the Hong Kong Labour Department is carrying out
a progressively increasing number of inspections of factories
in order to detect whether there is illegal employment of child
labour and to bring offending employers before the Courts.
Over 120,000 such visits were carried out in 1975, as compared
with about 76,000 in 1973. The Royal Hong Kong Police have
not received any complaints that organised Triad societies
are involved in recruiting child labour.
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