> Report on International Toy Campaign > (Fight for Right to Health and Safety for toy workers) > > 25th > October, 1995. > > > Dear friends, > > Toy Campaign Up-date > > Greetings from Hong Kong. Thank you for your support of our > international Toy Campaign. > > Let me report the progress of the Toy Campaign first. In late > September, we sent posters and pamphlets as well as an appeal > letter to concerned groups and individuals all over the world. > The feedback was very encouraging. > > On 10th October, we made a petition to the Hong Kong Trade > Development Council(TDC), which is a semi-government body to > promote trade and the organiser for the 1996 Hong Kong Toy > Fair. We requested them to promote toy industrial safety and > workers' rights as well as toy trading. > > On 11th October, when the 3rd annual Toy Fair launched by TDC > took place in Shengzhen, China, we placed an advertisement on > a HK newspaper to arouse public concern on toy industrial > safety. 54 organizations and 30 individuals co-signed. > > A report on the working conditions of the Chinese toy workers > is now ready in Chinese, and the English version will be ready > by the end of Nov. > > One member team of our coalition, Apo visited and attended > several meetings in Europe. A strong link has been built. > > A Christmas card is being designed at this moment. It should > be available by the end of October. For the toy campaign in > your country, we can provide either the printed Christmas > cards or the film to print. Please let us know which you > prefer. Donations are appreciated. > > 19th November will be the 2nd anniversary of Zhilli Fire. It > is a date to remind us that workers will always be deprived of > their rights if we cannot build up a solidarity among workers > and NGOs in the world. We are planning a worldwide action on > this day. Recently the spokesman of TDC said on the media > that it is NOT their responsibility to promote toy industrial > safety when they promote foreign trade. So we invite your > organization to launch petition against the TDC branch office > in your country around 19th November. An attachment is a list > of correspondence of TDC offices in overseas. For your > reference, the following items are our requests to TDC: > > 1. to take the lead to endorse the "Charter on Safe > Production of Toys"; > 2. to pressure Hong Kong Toys Council to endorse the > Charter; > 3. to arrange a booth at the Toy Fair in January, 1996 to > promote toy industrial safety. > > Moreover, we encourage you to express your opinions and > concerns on safe production of toys to any government > departments, councils, associations and individuals in your > country which are related to the manufacturing and trading of > toys. Up to this moment our campaign also targets on three > big toy manufacturers for their unsafe manufacturing > practices in the Third World: Mattel (USA), Bandai(Japan) and > Hasbro(USA) . Please help pressure them also. We would > appreciate if you could inform us about any action you take. > > "International Meeting for Toy workers' health and safety" > will be held in Hong Kong during 8-12th January, 1996. If you > are interested to attend, please feel free to contact us(our > fax no.: 852/ 27245098). We are looking forward to hearing > from you. > > Lastly, we welcome your comments and ideas. If you need more > background information such as country papers on the campagin, > please contact us. > > Best regards, > in solidarity, > > > Venus Cheng > Executive Secretary > Coalition for "Charter on > Safe Production of Toys" > > > You can also contact Asian Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) via > the following email address for more information: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > TDC offices in Overseas > > Europe > Amsterdam: Prinsengracht 771, G/F., 1017 JZ Amsterdam, The > Netherlands. > Phone: 31-(020)-627-7101 Facsimile: 31-(020)-622-8529 > > Frankfurt: Kreuzerhohl 5-7, 60439 Frankfurt, Germany. > Postal Address: P.O. Box 500551, 60394 Frankfurt, Germany. > Phone: 49-(069)-586-011 Facsimile: 49-(069)-589-0752 > > London: Swire House, G/F., 59 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E > 6AJ, England. Phone: 44-(0171)-828-1661 > Facsimile: 44-(0171)-828-9976 > > Paris: 18 rue d'Aguesseau, 75008 Paris, France. > Phone: 33-(01)-47-42-41-50 Facsimile: 33-(01)-47-42-77-44 > > North America > New York: 219 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017, U.S.A. > Phone: 1-(212)-838-8688 Facsimile: 1-(212)-838-8941 > > Toronto: Suite 1100, National Building, 347 Bay Street, > Toronto, Ont. M5H 2R7, Canada. > Phone: 1-(416)-366-3594 Facsimile: 1-(416)-366-1569 > > Vancouver: Suite #620, 1500 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, > B.C. V6G 2Z6, Canada. > Phone: 1-(604)-685-0883 Facsimile: 1-(604)-662-8569 > > > Asia > Bangkok: 14/F., Sintorn Building, Tower 2, 130-132 Wireless > Road, Lumpini, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. > Phone: 66-(2)-263-2292 Facsimile: 66-(2)-263-2293 > > Seoul: 720-721 KFSB Building, 16-2, Yoidodong, > Youngdeungpoku, Seoul, Korea. > Phone: 82-(02)-782-6115/7 Facsimile: 82-(02)-782-6118 > > Taipei: 10/F., 315 Sung Chiang Road, Taipei, Taiwan. > Phone: 886-(2)-516-6085 Facsimile: 886-(2)-502-2115 > > Tokyo: Trusty Kojimachi Building, 6/F., 3-4 Kojimachi, > Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102, Japan. > Phone: 81-(03)-5210-5850 Facsimile: 81-(03)-5210-5860 > > Australia > Sydney: 71 York Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. > Postal Address: G.P.O. Box 3877, Sydney, NSW 2001, > Australia. Phone: 61-(02)-299-8343 Facsimile: 61-(02)-290-1889 >
