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The Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea Ordinance stipulates that no child under 15 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work as a member of the crew of any vessel other than a vessel upon which only members of the same family are employed.
18. As regards young persons aged between 15 and 17 employed in industrial undertakings, their hours of work and rest periods are regulated by the Women and Young Persons (Industry) Regulations 1980 made under the Employment Ordinance. The standard working hours for young persons aged between 15 and 17 in industry are eight hours a day and 48 hours a week. However, by agreement between the employer and the young person employed, the working hours may exceed eight in a day or 48 in a week provided that the total number of hours worked by the young person does not exceed 96 in any two consecutive weeks and the maximum working hours per day do not exceed 10. Young persons must have a rest interval of not less than half an hour after five hours' continuous work.
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The same regulations prohibit the employment of young persons for night work. The regulations stipulate that young persons aged between 15 and 17 working in an industrial undertaking shall not be employed earlier than 7 a.m. or later than 7 p.m. However, young persons aged between 16 and 17 are permitted to work up to 11 p.m. in the case of shift work. Overtime employment for young persons aged between 15 and 17 is prohibited.
ARTICLE 11: RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING
A.
Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions
20. There has been significant improvement of the standard of living of average Hong Kong people during the current reporting period. The per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 1991 at current market price was about HK$ 110,000 (US$ 14,200). This represents a growth by 64.1 per cent in real terms over the per capital GDP in 1981. The median monthly household incomes in 1981 and 1991 at current market prices were HK$ 2,955 and HK$ 9,964 respectively. After discounting the consumer price inflation during the same period (which amounts to about 114 per cent in terms of Consumer Price Index (A)), the growth in real terms is still substantial. In addition, the fact that 42% of Hong Kong households owned their own homes in 1990, as compared to 28% in 1981, also reflects the growing affluence of the population.
B.
Right to Adequate Food (paragraphs 1 and 2)
21. The Hong Kong Government recognises the right of everyone to be free from hunger. Through a combination of imported food and primary production in Hong Kong, an adequate supply