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The

Employment

of Children

permit

a

of child

13 to 15

Regulations

to work only in

non-industrial establishments and only between 7 am, and 7 pm. If he or she has not yet completed

Secondary III, their employment is subject to further

their schooling

safeguards to

ensure

that

disrupted.

is

not

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legislation does

However, as Mr.

good

Chan's question

по

unless it

is

implies,

enforced.

Labour inspectors therefore do regular checks, both

day and night,

to make sure

that

employed illegally.

children are

not

In the first 10 months of this year, Labour

?le Inspectors made more than 23,000 visits to the kind of

where

children are

to likely

be employed

of

places

illegally. Only 24 cases of illegal employment

In 15 of these cases the

children were

found.

employers are being prosecuted and in the remaining

the

cases investigation is continuing.

nine,

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