Article 24
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87. Children aged under 15 are prohibited from employment in industrial undertakings as stipulated in the Employment of Children regulations made under the Employment Ordinance. Cap. 57. This restriction, which ties in with the extension of compulsory junior secondary education up to the age of 15 in 1980, has also been extended to the non-industrial sectors with certain exceptions. However, these regulations do not apply to a child who is aged 14 or above who is engaged in a contract of apprenticeship registered under the Apprenticeship Ordinance, Cap. 47, or a child who is a family member living with the proprietor of the establishment in which he is employed.
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Similar provisions are made in the Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea Ordinance, Cap. 58, to preclude the employment of children under 15 years of age in vessels except in cases where members of the same family are employed or where the child is enyayed as a pupil in a school or training ship with the approval and supervision of the Director of Education.
89. With a view to protecting children's morals, the Dutiable Commodities (Liquor) Regulations made under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance Capt. 109, prohibit children under the age of 15 from working, and preclude the employment of any female under the age of 18 between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a m.:
in licensed premises in which the sale of intoxicating liquor is permitted.
Article 25
90. The Governor is the chairman of the Executive Council. which on 1 December 1987, comprised 14 members of whom 4 are ex-officio, 1 is appointed official and 9 are appointed unofficials.
91. The Governor is also the President and member of the Legislative Council, composed on 1 December 1987 of 3 ex officio members, 7 official members, 22 appointed members and 24 elected members.
92. The system for indirect election to the Legislative Council was introduced in 1985 and involves an electoral college and nine functional constituencies. The electoral college comprises two special constituencies, the Urban Council and the Regional Council: and 10 district board constituencies, each returning one member to the Legislative Council. The functional constituencies, covering the commercial industrial. financial labour social services medical, legal, teaching and engineering and associated professions sectors also return a total of 12 members,
93. The franchise for Legislative Council elections is prescribed as follows. For the electoral college an elector must be a member of the Urban Council, the Regional Council or a district board making up the respective special constituencies and district board
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