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LABOUR INSPECTIONS, PROSECUTIONS AND AVERAGE FINES IMPOSED BY COURTS

Year

Number of Inspections

Prosecutions

(Cases)

Number of Children Involved

Average Fine Fer Convicted Case

ndix TT

Average Fine Fer Child

Illegally Employed

(HK$)

(HK$)

1972

Not available

345

431

374

299

1973

75,984

215

286

464

349

1974

110,540

321

412

289

225

1975

124,803

306

350

332

290

1976

122,144

332

391

543

461

1977

117,566

459

568

1,096(b)

885

1978

128,684

336

348

954

931

1979

152,951

250

250

891

891

Notes:

a)

b)

These statistics relate only to employment of children in industrial undertakings, because prohibition was extended to all sectors in September 1979.

The maximum fine before (May 1977 was HK$5,000. After that date it was raised to HK$10,000).