INDEX
502
Employment (Cont.)
careers guidance, 112, 116 employee benefits, 112
employees' compensation, 121–2
Employees Retraining Scheme, 111, 115-6,
148-9
employment abroad, 117
finding employment, 115-6
foreign domestic helpers, 117, 122
foreign workers, 115-6
industrial safety, 113, 118-9
Labour Advisory Board, 113
labour conditions, 113
labour relations, 114-5
Labour Tribunal, 115
legislation, 112-4
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occupational health and hygiene, 119-20 Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance,
72
Occupational Safety and Health Council,
120-1
Old-age Pension Scheme, 8, 112
protection of wages on insolvency, 113, 115,
122
selective placement, 116
telephone enquiry service, 122
trade unions, 114
wages, 112
work force, 111, 116-7, 466
Energy, 215, 217-8, 229-32, 318, 381, 384-5, 486
Environment-
air, 377, 379, 384, 388-91, 396, 398, 408 aquatic fauna, 405
charging scheme for sewage services, 377,
394-5
chemical waste treatment centre, 379, 388, 396
climate, 399-400, 497
construction waste, 378, 391–2, 395
country parks, 169, 204, 375, 403, 406
countryside conservation, 375, 381, 406
environmental assessments, 382-3, 385
environmental problems, 377-81
Environmental Protection Department, 378,
381, 397-9
flora, 405
government expenditure, 377-8
hydrography, 403
legislation and pollution control, 386–93
livestock, 380, 392
marine parks, 378
meteorological services, 406-9
monitoring and investigations, 397–9
noise, 377-9, 383-4, 386, 389–91, 393, 399
oceanography, 403, 406
planning against pollution, 381-6
Port and Airport Development Strategy,
383-4
power generation, 384-5
radiation, 408
Royal Observatory, 406-9
sewage, 223, 377, 379, 393–5
sewerage master plans, 223, 377, 380, 394 terrestrial fauna, 403-5
Environment-(Cont.)
topography and geology, 401–3
waste disposal, 377–9, 386–9, 390–2, 395–7 Waste Reduction Study, 398
water pollution, 377, 379, 380–1, 385–8, 397 weather forecasting, 406-8
year's weather, 400-1, 497
1993 review of White Paper, 377-8
Estate Duty, 61–2, 449
Ex-China Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants, 277, 297,
410, 416
Exchange Fund, 2, 67, 76, 80-4
Exchange value of dollar, 75, 81, 457
Executive Council, 17–9, 22, 288, 382, 422, 433 Explosives, 128, 282
Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 103-4 Exports, 50-6, 85, 87–91, 460 4
External commercial relations, 98-100
Federation of HK Industries, 92, 95, 104–5 Fight Crime Committee, 270-72
Film industry, 331
Finance Committee, 19-21, 29, 87, 259-60, 382 Financial and Monetary Affairs-
banking, 64-70, 74, 80, 81–2
commodities trading, 66, 70–71, 73–4
currency, 64, 66, 75-6, 83-4
Exchange Fund, 2, 67, 76, 80-2, 83-4
financial institutions, 64-6, 68-9, 74, 79–80,
82
foreign banks, 64-5, 67, 74
gold market, 68, 77
Government bonds, 67, 76
HK Monetary Authority, 64, 67–9, 80, 83 insurance, 66, 70-72
markets, 66-68, 70, 74, 76-77, 83
monetary policy, 80-82
regulation, 64-6, 68-74, 80-2
Securities and Futures Commission, 66, 70,
72-4
stock market, 64, 66, 68, 70-1, 73-4, 76-7
Financial Secretary, 2, 6–8, 18-20, 29–30, 65, 80,
95, 101, 310
Fire Services-293-7
ambulance service, 293-5 communications, 295
fire calls, 294
prevention, 295-6 special services, 294-5 training, 296
First Opium War, 420 Fishing Industry-
co-operative societies, 126 development, 125-6
fleet, 125
loans, 126-7
marine fish culture, 125-6
ponds, 125
research, 125-6
Flood control, 7, 200, 206, 208, 210, 224, 401
Flora, 405-6
Forensic Laboratory, 161
Foreign relations, 32-33