TNAG-0585-FCO40-718-Employment-of-children-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 209

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

8 December 1976

La.

Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many children aged between 10 and 16 years in Hong Kong suffered an industrial injury in each of the following industries: (a) textiles, (b) electronics and (c) plastic toys, in each year from 1973 to date.

No W18

MR EVAN LUARD

The following information is available but it is not necessarily complete:

Age Group

Industry

1973

1974

1975

Under 14

Textiles

0

0

0

*Plastic toys

---

1

0

о

**Electronics

Total

2 Q

1

О

1

2

1

14-15

Textiles

76

50

44

*Plastic toys

57

37

48

**Electronics

45

28

30

Total

178

115

122

16-17

Textiles

560

397

367

*Plastic toys

202

162

152

**Electronics

172

153

131

Total

934

712

650

Grand Total

1,114

827

773

/The

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.