During the period under review, there were 911 prsecutions for employing children in industrial undertakings. Of these, 3661 cases led to conviction and fines, four cases wero dismissel, 14 defendents were discharged and 32 cases were withdrawn for various reasons, including the closum of small-scale industrial undertakings and the subsequent dis- appearance of the proprietors.
QUESTION VI
Copies of this report have been sent to the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong and the Labour Advisory Board, which includes six workers' representatives, and through the United Kingdom Department of Employment, to the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain.
No observation regarding the practical fulfilment of the prɔvi- sions prescribed by this convention in Hong Kong has been received from any organisation of employers or workers during the period under review.
HONG KCG
SEPTEMBER 1983
R.G.3. BRIDGE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR