312

Transport (Contd)

light rail system, 110, 165, 175 public, 165

vehicle examination centres. 176 vehicle registration, 175–6 Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking), 236 Treaty of Tianjin (Tientsin), 237

Tunnels, 120, 174

Typhoons, tropical storms and rainstorms, 223–5

UMELCO, 243

ICAC Complaints Committee, 243 Police Group, 141

Universities, 73, 78–9, 81-4, 285

Chinese University of Hong Kong, 78-9, 82-4 University of Hong Kong, 73, 78-9, 81-2 University and Polytechnic Grants Committee, 73,

78-9, 285

Urban Council, 43, 102, 201, 203, 205, 208–11,

244-5, 298

cultural facilities, 203, 206–9, 212

entertainment, 206-11, 213

sports facilities, 204, 288

Urban Services Department, 102–4, 203, 219, 245,

288

abattoirs, 104

cemeteries and crematoria, 104

environmental hygiene, 102

hawkers, 103

Urban Services Department-(Contd)

markets, 103

Vegetable Marketing Organisation, 67, 70 Vehicle registration, 175-6

Vietnamese refugees, 18, 96, 132, 153.

camps, 96

resettlement, 154

UNHCR, 154

Waste disposal, 215, 219

Watches and clocks, 19, 22, 264–5 Water supplies, 161 Weather, 222-5, 298

forecasts, 225 Wildlife, 230-1

Workmen's compensation, 59-60 World Wars, 238-4

YMCA, YWCA, 199

Youth-

camps, 201

hostels, 205-6

Junior Police Call, 137 music, 209-10

Summer Youth Programme, 129, 202

Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 233

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