Labour Inspections, Prosecutions and Average Fines
imposed by Courts
Number of
Year
inspections
Prosecutions (cases).
Number of
children involved
Average fine per ·
convicted case
Average fine per child
illegally employed
(HK$)
(HK$)
1972
Not available
345
431
374
299
1973
75,984
215
286
464
349
1974
110,540
321
412
289
225
1975
124,803
306
350
332
290
1976
122,144
332
391
543
461
1977
117,566
459
568
1,096(b)
885
1978
128,684
336
348
954
931
1979
152,951
250
250
891
891
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Notes:
(a) These statistics relate only to employment of children in industrial undertakings, because prohibition was extended to all sectors in September 1979.
(b) The maximum fine before May 1977 was HK$5,000. After that date it
was rasied to HK$10,000.
Appendix II
G.F. 324
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