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Environment (Contd)
Metroplan, 358-9
monitoring and investigations, 369-72
noise, 357, 365, 371-2
oceanography, 348-9, 355
pollution problems, 356
planning against pollution, 358-61
Port and Airport Development Stratagy, 359
protection, 357-8
Royal Observatory, 352–6
terrestrial fauna, 349–50
topography and geology, 347-8
wastes, 356-7, 362–3, 365–9, 370
water, 356-7, 361-2, 369-70
weather forecasting, 353-4
year's weather, 354-5
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Estate Duty, 66, 413
Exchange Fund, 78-81
Exchange Bills, 70
Exchange value of dollar, 78–80, 417
Executive Council, 23-4, 399
Explosives, 125
Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 98–100 Exports, 59-60, 90-91, 422, 424-6
External commercial relations, 92
Factories and industrial undertakings, 427-9 Federation of HK Industries, 100 Fight Crime Committee, 255-7
Film industry, 311
Finance Committee, 25-6
Financial and Monetary Affairs, 68–81
banking, 68–9, 419
commodities trading, 69–72 currency, 70-71, 75, 78, 81, 418
Exchange Fund, 78–81
exchange value of dollar, 78–80, 417
financial scene in 1990, 74-8 foreign banks, 74
gold market, 71
institutions, 68-9
markets, 70-71
monetary policy, 78-80
regulation, 71-2
Securities and Futures Commission, 72–4
Securities Review Committee, 73
stock market, 69, 70, 77
Financial Secretary, 34
Fire Services, 278-80
ambulance service, 278
communications, 279
prevention, 278
training, 279
First Opium War, 382
Fish Marketing Organisation, 124
Fishing
co-operative societies, 122
development, 114
industry, 120-21
loans, 123
marine fish culture, 121
Fishing (Contd)
ponds, 120
research, 121
Flora, 351
Flood control, 227–8
Foreign relations, 37-8
Forensic laboratory, 275-6
Gas, 234, 446
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 15, 92-4,
95
Geology, 347-8
Geophysical Services, 354
Geotechnical Control, 229-30
Good Citizen Award Scheme, 263 Government-
administration, 22, 33-6
administrative complaints, 35-6 branches, 34-5
Budget, 34, 64
Central, 23
Central Policy Unit, 34 departments, 34-5 Letters Patent, 23
offices overseas, 405 Political Adviser, 38 Property Agency, 41 Public Service, 38-40 Records Service, 40
revenue and expenditure, 64-7, 410-16 Royal Instructions, 23 Secretariat, 34-5
Governor, 23, 458
Governor in Council, 24
Gross Domestic Product, 54-6, 408-9 Gulf Crisis, 54, 75, 77, 78
Health, 160-179
abattoirs, 177
AIDS, 161, 166, 168, 298 Auxiliary Medical Services, 178 cemeteries, 178
clinics, 164
crematoria 178,
communicable diseases, 161-3
community, 161-3
community nursing service, 167
Council on Smoking and Health, 168
dental services, 165-6
dental training, 170
Department of Health, 160
development programmes, 163–4
drug abuse, 171–3
education, 167-8
environmental hygiene, 173-4
expenditure, 161
family, 164
food, 175
Government Laboratory, 170-71 hawkers, 177
Hospital Authority, 160
Hospital Services Department, 160 hospitals, 163-4