TNAG-0783-FCO40-987-Employment-of-children-In-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 54

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ARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer cn10..May...1978......

HK rGD

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Unit through your Under-Secretary by

NOON ON TUESDAY

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9 MAY 1978.

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Mr Ronald Atkins (Preston North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many workers in Hong Kong were killed or injured at work in 1976 and 1977, respectively; and what proportion of the labour force this represents.

Ma Ivan Luard.

Full statistics are not available. However, the

following figures show the number of accidents giving rise to claims for workmen's compensation in the years in question:

1976

1977

No. of Cases

Percentage

of Labour Force

(1.952m)

Percentage

No. of Cases

of

Labour Force

(1.951m)

Injuries

Deaths

44,808

2.30

49,589

2.54

249

0.01

265

0.01