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FM HONG KONG 2016062 JUL 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1035 OF 20 JULY,

INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

1,

YOUR TELNO.569 : P.Q BY PARRY CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT

OF CHILDREN.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL ENABLE YOU TO PREPARE DRAFT

REPLIES TO THE SEVEN QUESTIONS:

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(A) IN HONG KONG IT IS THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE RATHER THAN THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DETECTION

OF ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN INDUSTRY.

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND STRENGTH OF THE TWO INSPECTORATES AS

AT 28TH JULY 79 ARE :

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ESTABLISHMENT

STRENGTH

RECRUITMENT IN PROGRESS

LABOUR INSPECTORATE. FACTORY INSPECTORATE.

188

140

30

141

119

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THE BUDGET ON PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS OF THE TWO INSPECTORATES

FOR 1979/80 IS ABOUT DOLLARS 12.3 MILLION.

THE PROJECTED LEVEL OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LABOUR AND FACTORY INSPECTORATES BY 1983/84 ARE 444 AND 283 RESPECTIVELY AND THAT OF

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS 2310. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ENVISAGE THE STRENGTH OF OFFICERS BY 1983/84.

(B)

THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE FIGURES ON CHILDREN UNDER 14

YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING EITHER LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY.

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