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employers. respectively, were prosecuted for employing children below 14 years of age in industrial undertakings.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many employers in Hong Kong have been prosecuted for employing children below 18 years of age in dangerous trades in 1975 and 1976 to date.
Mr. Luard: The employment of any female persons of whatever age or of male young persons below 16 years of age in any dangerous trade is prohibited except with the written permission of the Commissioner for Labour. There were no prosecutions against employers during the period in question.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many children were involved in the prosecutions in Hong Kong for employ- ment under 14 years of age and employ- ment under 18 years of age in dangerous trades in 1975 and 1975 to date.
Mr. Loard: During 1975 and 1976-- up to 30th November 1976-350 and 349 children, respectively. were involved in prosecutions for illegal employment in industrial undertakings. The employ- ment of male workers over 16 In dangerous trades is not illegal. There were no prosecutions for employment of persons below 16 in dangerous trades.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many factory inspectors in Hong Kong are engaged in visits to factories to check for illegal employment under 14 years of age and illegal employment under 18 years of age in dangerous trades, re- spectively, in 1975 and 1976 to date; how many factories were visited; and what was the time allocated to such visits.
Mr. Læard: Visits to factories to check for illegal employment, carried out by labour inspectors in the Hong Kong Gov- ernment's Labour Department. Seventy- one labour inspectors were engaged in visits to factories in 1975 and 1976. They
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carried out 124,257, and 97,737 visits in 1975 and the first 10 months of 1976... respectively, to industrial undertakings to check for the illegal employment of children and the illegal employment of young persons under 16 years of age in dangerous trades. The time allocated to factory inspections varies according to the size of the factory, area occupied, numbers employed, and other factors.
The Labour Department conducted three campaigns against the employment of children in industry in 1975 and three more in 1976. 13,300 industrial under- takings were visited during these cam- paigns in 1975 and 16,059 in 1976.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many children aged between 10 and 14 years in Hong Kong were not enrolled in any school in each of the years 1973 to date.
Mr. Luard: I regret that figures for 1976 are not available but figures for previous years are as follows:
At September 1973
At September 1975
At September 1974
26.600
22,300
25,100
These figures exclude children enrolled in special schools and classes for which an age distribution is not available, and children enroiled in certain specialist trade schools. Nor is statistical information available for the number of Hong Kong children being educated abroad.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many children aged between 10 and 14 years in Hong Kong were enrolled in Goverment schools, Government-aided or assisted schools and private schools, respectively, in each year from 1973 to date; and in each case how many were enrolled in each form.
Mr. Luard: The number of children aged between 10 and 14 years in Hong Kong enrolled during the daytime in Gov. eroment schools, aided schools and private schools at September 1973, September 1974 and September 1975 was as follows:
PRIMARY AND FURTHER ENROLMENT FOR THE AGE-GROUP 10–13 (INCLUSIVE) (SEPTEMBER 1973)
P.4
P.5 P.6 F.1 F.2 F.3
Total
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Grade
P.1 P.2 P.3
P.4
P.S
P.6
P.I
F.2 F.3
Total
..
PRIMA
Grade
P.1
P.2
P.3
P.4
P.5
P.6
F.I
F.2 F.3
Total
The figures for
Mr. Parry ask for Foreign and how many child in Hong Kong years of seconda from 1973 to da
Mr. Luard: 1 tion requested » the results of known in mid-1
Age Group
Under 14
Grade
P.I P.2
P.3
Government
2 41 630
3 Q 14
Aided
342 2.556
15,633
Private
Total
242
586
1,280
3,977
5,115
21,378
3 Q 15
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