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The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request:

Article 1 of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that Bills were being drafted to extend the coverage of the minimum wage fixing machinery to the rural sectors, particularly to plantation workers. The Committee noted from the Government's last report that draft legislation to cover the agricultural, transport and plantation sectors were still under examination. The Committee requests the Government to report on progress made in this respect.

Articles 2 and 5. With reference to a statement made by the Government in a previous report, to the effect that tendencies to pay wages less than the minimum have been discouraged due to the effectiveness of the system of investigation, the Committee requests the Government to supply information on infringements recorded (type of infringement, number of infringements recorded, etc.) and on penalties imposed.