464
Peking, Conventions of, 339
Peng Chau Island, 52
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship
Navigation Co, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 26
Pest control, 166
Physical education, 136
Physically handicapped, 193
Pigeons, 106
Pig-raising, 104, 105
Pilotage, 244
'Ping On', Miss, 164
Piracy, 23
Plague, Bubonic, 342 Planning, 175-6 Plasticware, 74
Playgrounds, 313-5
Plover Cove, 226
Pok Oi Hospital, 139, 156
Poisonous plants, 330
Police, 202-11, 352
Auxiliaries, 210-11
communications and transport,
209
establishment, 205
pay increase, 205 quarters, 206 training, 206-7
uniformed branch, 202-5 women, 210
- Poliomyelitis, 140, 144, 151
Pond fish production, 105 Population, 35-9, 321-2
New Territories, 37 Urban, 36
Port of Hong Kong, 3-31
Port, 243
health, 151-2, 244
Welfare Committee, 246
works, 231-3
Postal orders, 53, 255
Post Office, 254-7, 446
night duties, 255 parcel delivery, 255 Post-secondary colleges, 124-5 Post-secondary education, 123 Pottinger, Sir H., 337
Poultry, 106
Presbyterian Casework Centre, 298 Press, 267-8
Preventive Service, 93-5
Pre-war development, 340
Primary education, 121-2
Primary production, 98-119, 426
policy and administration, 101-3
Prisons, 216-7
Probation, 193
Professional medical registers, 139 Profits tax, 59 Property tax, 59
INDEX
Protection of fauna and flora, 332 Protestant churches, 298
Public Enquiry Service, 275 Public-
debt, 404
finance and taxation, 54-61
health administration, 436 latrines and bathhouses, 165
road transport services, 239-42 Service, 354-6
Services Commission, 354 utilities, 234-9
works, 225-34
Works Department, 350
Publications, 267-75
Publicity, local and overseas, 271 Publishing, 268-9
Quarantine, 244
Quarantine Centre, 142
Quartz, 118
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 141, 160,
230
Specialist clinic, 141, 229 Queen Mary Hospital, 155
Rabies, 107
radioactivity, Precautions against,
260-1
radio, Commercial, 280-2
Radio communications, 244
Radiography, 161-2
Radio Hong Kong, 276-80
Radio news, 270
Railway, 251-2, 445
Rainfall, 320-1
Raingauges, 259
Rates, 58-9
Rating and Valuation Department,
58, 350
Rats, 167
Rattanware, 66
Reading list, 358-90
Reclamations, 231-3
Records (Registrar General), 217-24
Recreation and sport, 310-3
Red Cross, 158
Rediffusion, 282-4
Re-exports, 75, 417-8, 421
Refuse collections, 166
Registered and recorded factories, 396
Registrar of Co-operative Societies,
117
Registrar of Newspapers, 267 registration, Business, 61
Registry of Trade Unions, 45, 46 Rehabilitation loan, 57
Religion, 297-303
Rennie's Mill, 19, 37, 185