349

Diseases, 106–11, 326

Display Centre of HK Products, 58 District Courts, 270–2, 342 Dollar coins, 43-5

Domestic exports, 312-3, 316-7 Dragon Boat Festival, 220 Drainage, 175-6

Drama, 204, 229

Driving licences, 156, 331

Drug addiction, 114, 158

(see Narcotics)

Ducks and geese, 75

Dutiable commodities, 39-40 Duties and licence fees, 38, 297 Duties, Excise, 39-40

Earnings and profits tax, 42 Earthquakes, 239

East Asia Christian Conference, 222 East Asia Travel Association, 168 East India Company, 256-9

Education, 4, 13-7, 85-103

adult, 15, 35, 92-4

examinations, 95–7, 322 higher, 89-92

music and art, 86, 97

number of schools and pupils,

86, 89

overseas, 92

primary, 13, 15–6, 87

recreation centres, 93

research, 98-103

scholarships and bursaries, 90 School Health Service, 113

School Medical Service, 113

secondary, 15-6, 88–9 technical, 4, 90-2

white paper, 15, 85

Electricity, 179–81

Electronics industry, 51 Elliot, Capt C., 258–9 Emigration, 25–7, 163–4 Employment, 24-35, 286-7

holidays with pay, 31 information service, 27 migration for, 25–7 New Territories, 25

safety, health and welfare, 34-5 strikes, 33

wages and conditions of, 30-1 working hours, 30–1

Entertainment, 229-30

Entertainment Tax, 42 Entrepôt trade, 47-8, 55, 183

Essential Services Corps, 213, 215-7 Estate duty, 42

Evening institutes, 92-3

Evening School of Higher Chinese

Studies, 92-3

Exchange control, 45 Exchange Fund, 44 Excise duties, 39-40

Executive Council, 269, 338-9 Expenditure and revenue, 36–9, 170,

289-91, 294-5, 297

Export Credit Insurance Corporation,

59

Export promotion, 55-9

Exports, 38, 47-8, 54-5, 59-63, 312-3 External trade, 54–5, 59–62

Factories and industrial undertakings,

24-5, 28-31, 50-3, 66, 135-6, 286-8 Factory registration and inspection,

288

Far East Flying Training School,

188

Farming, 69-72, 236

Fauna, 247-9

Federation of Hong Kong Industries,

56, 63, 65

Federation of Youth Groups, 147

Ferries, 164, 193, 196-8

Festivals, Chinese, 220

Film censorship, 209 Film industry, 207

Films, government, 208-9 Finances, public, 36-9 Fire prevention, 77, 160

Fire Services, 159–61, 175, 184, 216 Fish, 77-82

marine, 77-80

Marketing Advisory Board, 80

Marketing Organization, 79-82 ponds, 70, 74

Fisher Report, 4

Fisheries-

administration, 78-9

Development Loan Fund, 78-9 research station, 79

Fishing, 24, 69, 77-80

Fishing fleet, 77–80

Flatted factories, 25, 135-6, 174 Flora, 250-4

Flouridation, 118

Flying doctor service, 12, 117 Flyovers, 190, opposite page 1 Food inspection, 117, 121 Foot and mouth disease, 76 Football, 227

Forces, local, 213-7

Forestry, 70, 76-7

Fortune telling, between pages 216-7 Fruit, 73, 250

Fukien, 243

Full Court, 272

Fulton Commission, 13

Funicular railway, 195

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