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the Government Secretariat which had already taken place. was not, of course, meant to imply any change in the status of Hong Kong
5. Most of Mr Hooley's remaining Questions appear to have been inspired by Mr Gillard's article on child labour in "The Guardian" on 22 April (about which the Hong Kong Government Commissioner in London has since written to the Editor of "The Guardian"). My Gillard was a member of the Granada TV team that produced a documentary fila programme on child labour in Hong Kong in December. That programine gave rise to a number of letters from Ps and members of the public and, following one from Mr William Rodgers MP, Secretary for Transport, earlier this year, the Secretary of State said that he was not happy ubout the level of fines imposed on employers for offences
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written to the Governor of Hong Kong; about this but in the meantime the Attorney General in Hong Kong has initiated prosecutions by members of his department which have resulted in the imposition of much higher fines.
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1 submit draft replies based mainly on information supplied by the Hong Kong; Government (long Kong, telograms nos. 448 of 4 May and 461 of salty). The OLA, TED and H Embassy Peking concur as appropriate.
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