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HKK 210/2 RECEIVLO MERRY NO. 51 1 9 OCT 1979

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See folis 25. Walioned be grateful if you would look carefully at all the papers on this problem. The Anti-Slavery Society paper, though

open to criticism on some details, struck me as a

that, on

2 as

generally restrained

afraid and cogent document, and I am

the whole, I find it more convincing than the Hong Kong government reply, which does little more than score debating points (and some of those we own

goals-9 world, for example, find it difficult to inte- pret the figures: the table on page indicating a decline - child labow). If fanything, would say that the reply re-inforces the charge that the Hong Kong Government are over-complacent-after all, fines of $100 (or even ($500) are peanuts; 20% of factories employing children (you CODE 18-70 letter at folis 24) is appalling (is that

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