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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