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Written Answers
9 MAY 1977
94-Labour Clauses (Public Contracts), 1949. 97-Migration for Employment (Revised),
1949.
99-Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery
(Agriculture), 1951.
100-Equal Remuneration. 1951.
101-Holidays with Pay (Agriculture), 1952. 102-Social Security (Minimum Standards),
1952.
114-Fishermen's Articles of Agreement, 1959. 120-Hygiene (Commerce and Offices), 1964. 122-Employment Policy, 1964. 135--Workers' Representatives, 1971. 140-Paid Educational Leave, 1974. 141-Rural Workers' Organisations, 1975. 142-Human Resources Development, 1975. 144-Tripartite Consultation (International
Labour Standards). 1976.
Conventions numbers 141, 142 and 144 were ratified by the United Kingdom on 15th February 1977 and have not yet been the subject of a declaration of application in respect of Hong Kong.
The following Conventions are applied to Hong Kong with modifications:
2-Unemployment, 1919.
14-Weekly Rest (Industry), 1921. 17-Workmen's Compensation (Accidents),
1925.
42--Workmen's Compensation (Occupational
Diseases) (Revised), 1934.
53-Minimum Age (Sea) (Revised), 1936. 59-Minimum Age (Industry) (Revised), 1937. 63-Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work,
1938.
82-Social Policy (Non-Metropolitan Terri-
tories), 1947.
86-Contracts of Employment (Indigenous
Workers), 1947.
87-Freedom of Association and Protection
of the Right to Organise, 1948.
Factory fires
Loss of life...
Number of firms prosecuted
Fines (Total) Hong Kong dollars
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Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the number of industrial acci- dents in factories in Hong Kong in 1974, 1975 and 1975; how many persons under
Number of workers injured in industrial accidents Number of workers under the age of 14 injured in industrial accidents. (No separate record is kept of the number of workers under the age of 15 so injured.)
...
Industries having larger numbers of accidents:
Textiles
Garments
...
Metal products
Transport equipment Plastic products
Written Answers
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92-Accommodation of Crews (Revised), 1949. 95-Protection of Wages, 1949.
Conventions numbers 3, 27, 77, 59, 90, 14, 58 and 59 have not been separately ratified by the United Kingdom but may be applied to non-metropolitan territories by virtue of Convention No. 83 Labour Standards (Non-Metropolitan Territories) 1947.
Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government keep the position regarding the application of International Labour Conventions in Hong Kong under active review. Completion of the Hong Kong Government's current legislative programme would make it possible for some Conventions at present applied with modifications to be applied in full and for other Conventions which are not yet applied to be applied with modifications. The Hong Kong Government are also currently examining further Conventions with a view to making improvements in subsequent legislative programmes.
Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many factory fires occurred in Hong Kong in 1974, 1975 and 1976; what loss of life resulted; how many firms were prosecuted for inadequate fire precautions in this period; and what fines or other penalties were imposed by the courts.
Mr. Luard: The information requested is as follows:
1974
1975
1976
385 3
399 7
506
10
461 368,340
877 1,054,980 1
397
333,555
the age of 15 years were involved; and which were the main industries in which these accidents occurred.
Mr. Luard: The information requested is as follows:
1974 15,684
1975 17,394
1976 22,825
!
3
7
10
3,818
4,214
5,565
2,198
2,852
4,206
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2,394
2,578
3,612
1,622
1,480
1,709
...
1,087
1,125
1.423
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