le

Apart from

3

the kind of routine checks of

which I have just spoken the Labour Inspectorate a

agò conducted

special a

one

.

week operation

kind of places felt

to be

month

directed against the

specially at risk, including 24-hour convenience

visited a

449 total of

such

stores. Inspectors establishments during the day, in the evening and late

at night. In this operation, the Inspectors found 4 four

cases of illegal employment of children, but none of them in convenience stores. In fact the impression

formed

by the

Labour

Inspectors

is

that

the

managements.

of

convenience

stores

are

generally

law-abiding.

The Labour Inspectorate will continue to keep

an eye on establishments where children are likely to

be

illegally

employed.

·

If

anyone

has reason to

...

believe that any particular establishment is employing children on night shifts, the Labour Department will

welcome any such information and will follow it up.

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