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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 62% OF 16 MAY 1978 INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

YOUR TELNO 374: WRITTEN PQ ON CHILD LABOUR.

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1. 416 FACTORY OWNERS WERE CONVICTED LAST YEAR FOR USING CHILD

LABOUR.

2. YOU WILL NOTE FROM PARAGRAPH (D) OF MY TEL NO 578 THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONVICTED CASES WAS 446. THIS MEANS THAT SOME FACTORY OWNERS WERE CONVICTED FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFENCE.

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