TNAG-0873-FCO40-1083-Employment-of-children-in-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 39

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The Permanent Secretary Department of Employment Caxton House Tothill Street

London SW1

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NØ. 51

19 OCT 1979

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LAG 214/393/7

18 October 1979

Sir,

1. I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Carrington, to request that the following declaration be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office t

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In accordance with Article 35(2) of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation the United Kingdom Government hereby declares that the Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, (No 10) will be applied to Hong Kong with the following modification i

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Children under the age of 14 years but who have attained the age of 13 years and have completed Form III of secondary education (ie three years of secondary education after six years' primary schooling) may, with the written consent of one of their parents, be employed, under certain conditions designed to protect their health, welfare and morals, in agricultural undertakings which do not come within the definition of an industrial undertaking under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance."

The above declaration supersedes a former declaration of "decision reserved" registered on 18 December 1963."

The Government of Hong Kong has agreed that a declaration

in these terms should be made.

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L. Evans, Esq

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C G Lane