Footnotes:*
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(*All sources are publicly published materials and lie in the
public domain. They may all be quoted, if it is felt necessary,
without reference to the authors).
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United Nations document, UN A/AC, 109/396. 8 March 1972
J. Rear and J. England, Chinese Labour under British Rule,
Oxford University Press, 1975, p.139
R. Porter, Child Labour in Hong Kong, Spokesman Pamphlets,
Nottingham, 1975, passim. See also a basically similar text on the same subject by the same author in International
Labour Review, Vol. III, 1975, ILO, Geneva
See South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 1975, April 22, 23
June 10, 13, 16, 19 & 24, July 7 & 12. Also same paper
for Jan 17 1977. A further correspondence in the London Daily Telegraph for the following dates is also instructive: (1975) Aug 26, Sep 3 & 15 (1976) Dec 14 & 18 (1977) Jan 5. Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, 57 Peking Road, Kowloon 4/f, Hong Kong. 'Child Labour in Hong Kong
cases' Jan 29 1976 (mimeo)
W
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Hong Kong Standard, Nov 23 1978. Lynne Watson, "Peggy was 13. She works for 12 hours a day, sewing on buttons for
$20 a month."
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HKCIC, op cit. p.5
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Rear and England, op cit., p. 142
M. Palmer, Industrial Health and Safety in Hong Kong, Hong
Kong Research Project, London 1977 p. 3
Hansard (Official Report of the proceedings of the Houses
of Parliament), Commons, 9 May 1977, Written answer to Frank
Hooley, NP
11. Ditto.
12. Ditto.
13. Dr. Mitchell, quoted in Palmer, cit. p.1
14. 1971 Census, Tables, Hong Kong Government, 1972, Table 31,
p.132
15. Anjela Wei DJAO, 'Dependent Development and Social Control:
Labour intensive industrialisation in Hong Kong' in Social Praxis Vol V, No. 3/4, 1978