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FM HONG KONG 2016062 JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1035 OF 20 JULY,
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
1,
YOUR TELNO.569 : P.Q BY PARRY CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT
OF CHILDREN.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL ENABLE YOU TO PREPARE DRAFT
REPLIES TO THE SEVEN QUESTIONS:
see 116
(A) IN HONG KONG IT IS THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE RATHER THAN THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DETECTION
OF ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN INDUSTRY.
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND STRENGTH OF THE TWO INSPECTORATES AS
AT 28TH JULY 79 ARE :
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ESTABLISHMENT
STRENGTH
RECRUITMENT IN PROGRESS
LABOUR INSPECTORATE. FACTORY INSPECTORATE.
188
140
30
141
119
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THE BUDGET ON PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS OF THE TWO INSPECTORATES
FOR 1979/80 IS ABOUT DOLLARS 12.3 MILLION.
THE PROJECTED LEVEL OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LABOUR AND FACTORY INSPECTORATES BY 1983/84 ARE 444 AND 283 RESPECTIVELY AND THAT OF
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS 2310. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ENVISAGE THE STRENGTH OF OFFICERS BY 1983/84.
(B)
THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE FIGURES ON CHILDREN UNDER 14
YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING EITHER LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY.
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